Explorant l'impact durable des modes créées par et pour les femmes, cet ouvrage retrace la lignée historique et conceptuelle de plus de 70 créatrices – des couturières anonymes du XVIIIe siècle en France aux créatrices contemporaines qui orientent la mode aujourd'hui – toutes issues de l'incroyable collection permanente du Costume Institute. Des essais perspicaces, explorant les notions d'anonymat, de visibilité, d'agentivité et d'absence/omission, révèlent l'influence des femmes dans le domaine de la mode, mettant en lumière des créatrices célèbres comme des figures oubliées.
L'ouvrage présente des maisons de couture telles que Mad Carpentier, Elsa Schiaparelli et Madeleine Vionnet, des créatrices américaines comme Ann Lowe, Claire McCardell et Isabel Toledo, ainsi que des créatrices contemporaines comme Rei Kawakubo, Anifa Mvuemba, Simone Rocha et Iris van Herpen. De nouvelles photographies, créées spécialement pour cet ouvrage, utilisent la lumière, l'ombre et le reflet pour relier les vêtements aux quatre thèmes des essais, qui les situent dans un contexte social plus large. Un tableau généalogique dépliant retrace les liens entre les créatrices présentées. Ce regard attendu sur la création féminine sera une lecture essentielle pour quiconque s'intéresse à l'histoire de la mode.
Couverture rigide | 212 pages.
Collections: Livres Mode Women's History Month
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