Dressing up : the women who influenced French fashion
Block, Elizabeth L.2021
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Place reservation for Dressing up : the women who influenced French fashionFrench fashion of the late 19th century is known for its allure, its ineffable chic - think of John Singer Sargent's Madame X and her scandalously slipping strap. For Parisian couturiers and their American customers, it was also serious business. In 'Dressing Up,' Elizabeth Block examines the couturiers' influential clientele - wealthy American women who bolstered the French fashion industry with a steady stream of orders from the United States. Countering the usual narrative of the designer as solo creative genius, Block shows that these women - as high-volume customers and as pre-Internet influencers - were active participants in the era's transnational fashion system. Block describes the arrival of nouveau riche Americans on the French fashion scene, joining European royalty, French socialites, and famous actresses on the client rosters of the best fashion houses.
Main title:
Dressing up : the women who influenced French fashion / Elizabeth L. Block.
Author:
Block, Elizabeth L., author
Imprint:
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021]©2021
Collation:
282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780262045841 (hbk)
Dewey class:
391.00973
LC class:
GT610
Local class:
391.009
Language:
English
Subject:
Fashion -- United States -- History -- 19th centuryFashion -- France -- History -- 19th centuryWomen's clothing industry -- France -- History -- 19th centuryWomen consumers -- United States -- History -- 19th centuryAffluent consumers -- United States -- History -- 19th centuryUnited States -- Social life and customs -- 1865-1918Beauty and Fashion
BRN:
3010199
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