Paris and couture
Studying maisons, clients, craftspeople and systems of presentation together.
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France
Court dress, tailoring, Paris couture, ready-to-wear and textile exchange will be studied without reducing them to a single idea of ‘French chic’.
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CLASSIFICATION NOTE
Orientation only for now; no verified look files are yet included.
Dress and the city
Looking at theatres, department stores, magazines and photography as fashion systems.
International material flows
Documenting contact with Japanese, Indian and other materials alongside sources and power relations.
MUSEUM & CULTURAL SOURCES
V&A — The golden age of couture (opens in a new tab)