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Synopsis
Through a highly original and detailed analysis of the memoirs, interviews and other life writings of Poiret, Dior and Schiaparelli, this book explores changing notions of femininity in the early decades of the 20th century.
About the Author
Ilya Parkins is Assistant Professor of Gender and Women's Studies at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan, Canada.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Fashion, Representation and the Variable Visibility of Modern WomenFashion as Methodology: Rewriting the Time of Modern FemininityPaul Poiret: Classic and New in the Struggle for Designer MasteryElsa Schiaparelli: Glamour, Privacy, and TimelessnessChristian Dior: Nostalgia and the Economy of Feminine BeautyConclusion: Modern Fashion and the Seductions of Ambivalence