Among the various organizations for the pro-duction of wearing apparel within a techno-logically developed nation, the house of couture, in the Parisian sense, is unique. Mainbocher, the only American who owned a Parisian couture house, is the subject of a study of clothing and its relationships to the society in which the designer produced. A couturier or dressmaker/ tailor is an individual whose most recent designs are presented in several collections per year and then produced mostly on an individual basis for specific clients. Mainbocher's design philosophy and procedures of production obviously met a particular need for his clients. This paper investigates this phenomenon from a material culture perspective by studying not only the art...
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Fashion is a complex phenomenon that has become a fertile field of study for academics across discip...
Troublée par l’avènement inopiné de la mode au musée, nous avons souhaité cerner puis examiner les f...
International audienceHouse painter, decorative painter, director of a painting enterprise, all thes...
The exhibition Rara Avis: Selections from the Iris Apfel Collection at the Metropolitan Museum’ s Co...
The "couturier" and his "signature" : contribution to a theory of magic The field of luxury goods pr...
The text analyses the creative expression of London’s couturiers; the industry and their client base...
Classic costume actually is the foundation of businessman 's stock of clothes . Due to the significa...
The history of haute couture is well researched from perspectives that range from mythologising stud...
[EN] I focus, from the territory of design, on the interest Le Corbusier brought to the modern garme...
What the transformations of the fashion designer’s work can tell us about capitalism? Starting from ...
Cette thèse cherche à comprendre et à analyser les fondements historiques, sociaux, culturels et gen...
Until the French Revolution, power was manifested through clothing, being strongly subjected to sump...
Couture comprises eleven outfits staged during Paris Haute Couture week in the faded grandeur of the...
This study examines the creation and professionalisation of a recognisable English couture industry ...
This article investigates the change in relations between Parisian haute couture and the French text...
Fashion is a complex phenomenon that has become a fertile field of study for academics across discip...
Troublée par l’avènement inopiné de la mode au musée, nous avons souhaité cerner puis examiner les f...
International audienceHouse painter, decorative painter, director of a painting enterprise, all thes...