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While the story of women's liberation has often been framed by the
growing acceptance of pants over the twentieth century, the most
important and influential female fashions of the era featured
skirts. Suffragists and soldiers marched in skirts; the heroines of
the Civil Rights Movement took a stand in skirts. Frida Kahlo and
Georgia O'Keeffe revolutionized modern art and Marie Curie won two
Nobel Prizes in skirts. When NASA put a man on the moon, "the
computer wore a skirt," in the words of one of those 'computers',
mathematician Katherine G. Johnson. As women made strides towards
equality in the voting booth, the workforce, and the world at
large, their wardrobes evolved with them. They did not need to
'wear the pants' to be powerful or progressive; the dress itself
became modern as designers like Mariano Fortuny, Coco Chanel, Jean
Patou, and Diane von Furstenberg redefined femininity for a new
era. Skirts looks at the history of twentieth-century womenswear
through the lens of game-changing styles like the Little Black
Dress and the Bar Suit, as well as more obscure innovations like
the Taxi dress or the Popover dress, which came with a matching
potholder. These influential garments illuminate the times in which
they were first worn - and the women who wore them - while
continuing to shape contemporary fashion and even opening the door
for a genderfluid future of skirts. At once an authoritative work
of history and a delightfully entertaining romp through decades of
fashion, Skirts charts the changing fortunes, freedoms, and
aspirations of women themselves.
The Way We Wed: A History of Wedding Fashion presents styles and
stories from the Renaissance to the present day, chronicling
evolving fashions as well as changing customs, lifestyles, and
values. And because all wedding attire has a tale to tell, The Way
We Wed also reveals fascinating personal stories of those who wore
it. While the book is a visually and thematically rich source of
bridal inspiration for all seasons, it's far from a monotonous
parade of white gowns. The long white wedding dress is a relatively
recent innovation popularized by Queen Victoria; it has
traditionally been reserved for the upper classes, and abandoned in
times of war, economic hardship, or mourning. The Way We Wed
showcases wedding gowns of all colors and styles from around the
world, as well as going-away dresses, accessories (shoes, veils,
hats, fans, and tiaras), and clothes worn by flower girls,
bridesmaids, mothers of the bride, and grooms. Same-sex weddings
are represented, and the book features celebrity brides (Angelina
Jolie, Frida Kahlo, Elizabeth Taylor, Princess Diana, Martha
Washington, Solange Knowles, Ellen DeGeneres, Meghan Markle) as
well as everyday anonymous couples. Illustrated with 100 gorgeous
photos, The Way We Wed is a rich celebration of the art of wedding
fashion across time and cultures, and those whose style and
circumstances made a statement.
Chatsworth has been home to the Cavendish family and the hereditary
dukes of Devonshire since the original Elizabethan house was built
on the site purchased by Sir William Cavendish in 1549. A famous
historic house in England, Chatsworth is renowned as much for its
fashionable history its majestic dresses and tiaras, its
magnificent lace and splendid uniforms as its unrivalled collection
of art, its palatial gardens, and its celebrated family dynasty.
House Style takes the reader through images of show-stopping
ensembles by the most celebrated designers of the day, from the
Victorian era s Jean Philippe Worth to Alexander McQueen, and also
features historic examples of ceremonial, military, court costume,
fancy dress, and estate liveries, as well as clothing worn by
members of the family to ride, hunt, shoot, and fish. New images of
the rare surviving garments and gorgeous contemporary photographs
are accompanied by new essays from leading historians and fashion
critics. An exclusive invitation into the glamorous world of
Chatsworth, this book is a true collectible for Anglophiles,
fashion-history aficionados, and those fascinated by aristocratic
style.
This stunning visual guide is a journey of discovery through
fashion's fascinating history, one day at a time. Beginning on
January 1st and ending on December 31st, Worn On This Day looks at
garments worn on monumental occasions across centuries, offering
capsule fashion histories of everything from space suits to wedding
gowns, Olympics uniforms and armour. It creates thought-provoking
juxtapositions, like Wallis Simpson's June wedding and Queen
Elizabeth's June coronation, or the battered shoes Marie-Antoinette
and a World Trade Center survivor wore to escape certain death,
just a few calendar days apart. In every case there is a newsworthy
narrative behind the garment, whether famous and glamorous or
anonymous and humble. Prominent figures like Abraham Lincoln,
Marilyn Monroe and the Duchess of Cambridge are represented
alongside ordinary people caught up in extraordinary events.
Beautifully illustrated throughout, Worn On This Day presents a
revelatory mash-up of styles, stories and personalities.
A behind-the-scenes look at the only fashion show held at the White
House and the intersections of fashion and politicsOn February 29,
1968, the White House hosted its first-and only-fashion show. At
the time, the patriotic event was lauded by the press, and many
predicted it would become an annual occasion, especially since
fashion had grown to become the fourth largest industry in the
United States, employing 1.4 million Americans, more than 80
percent of them women. But the social and political turmoil of that
particular year-from the Vietnam War, the civil rights movement,
and the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Senator
Robert F. Kennedy-cast a shadow over the festivities. Using
eyewitness accounts as well as carefully preserved records,
artifacts, and previously unpublished images, Red, White, and Blue
on the Runway re-creates the once-in-a-lifetime event and explores
the reasons why the first White House fashion show was destined to
be the last. The politics of fashion touched everyone involved in
this landmark occasion in American fashion history, from hostess
Lady Bird Johnson and the Johnson daughters to the designers,
including Bill Blass, Geoffrey Beene, Mollie Parnis, and Oscar de
la Renta, as well as the models and guests. Those guests included
the wives of governors and of President Johnson's Cabinet, in
addition to dozens of fashion designers and prominent journalists
who reported on the event. In our own turbulent political climate,
Red, White, and Blue on the Runway takes us back to an equally
tense time, providing a unique historical perspective on themes of
fashion, politics, protest, and image-making that are immediately
relevant today.
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