Sleeping beauties : reawakening fashion /

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Imprint:New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2024]
©2024
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press
Description:xxiii, 469 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), photograph ; 31 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13507779
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Varying Form of Title:Reawakening fashion
Other authors / contributors:Bolton, Andrew, 1966- author, curator.
Barone, Margherita, contributor.
Borsch, Linda, contributor.
DeGregorio, William (Fashion historian), contributor.
Knight, Nick, 1958- contributor, photographer.
Kramer, Stephanie L., contributor.
Lackner, Rachel, contributor.
Lai, Junpeng, contributor.
Mazza, Christopher, contributor.
Miles, Ronald N., contributor.
Petersen, Glenn (Conservator), contributor.
Shaeffer, Elizabeth, contributor.
Tolaas, Sissel, 1961- contributor.
Kellen, Anna-Marie, photographer.
Costume Institute (New York, N.Y.)
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution, issuing body.
ISBN:9781588397775
1588397777
Notes:Catalog of an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from May 10-September 2, 2024.
Issued in slipcase.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 464-465).
Summary:"'Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion' explores clothing’s complex relationship with the body through the senses, offering new ways for understanding and experiencing a garment’s inherent artistry. Engaging texts by scholars, scientists, and conservators reveal the history behind over 200 works of fashion while also addressing their fragility and ephemerality. Exceptional new photography by Nick Knight of creations by international couturiers and design houses—including Cristòbal Balenciaga, Thom Browne, Collina Strada, Christian Dior, Gucci, Charles James, LOEWE, Madame Grès, Thebe Magugu, Maison Margiela, Alexander McQueen, Issey Miyake, Paul Poiret, Yves Saint Laurent, Elsa Schiaparelli, Bea Szenfeld, Philip Treacy, Iris van Herpen, Louis Vuitton, and Charles Frederick Worth—further deepens our appreciation for each object’s sensorial integrity."--
Table of Contents:
  • Directors' foreword / Max Hollein and Marina Kellen
  • Sponsors' statements / Shou Chew ; Pascale Lepoivre
  • Introduction / Andrew Bolton
  • Earth. Painted flowers ; Blurred blossoms ; Dior's garden ; Petal paillettes ; Van Gogh's flowers ; Garthwaite's garden ; Poppies ; Daisies ; Tulips ; The red rose ; The black rose ; Les roses ; Scent of a man ; The garden Reseda luteola
  • Air. Garden life ; Insects ; The terrarium ; Beetle wings ; Insect women ; Butterflies ; The birds ; The nightingale and the rose
  • Water. Marine life ; Venus ; Seashells, The siren ; The mermaid ; The eco mermaid ; The mermaid bride
  • Epilogue / Nick Wright
  • Scientific analysis. Science of the senses ; Anechoic chamber sound recordings ; Smell molecule recordings ; Dye analyses ; Radiography
  • Checklist
  • Selected bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Captions and credits.