Charles James : beyond fashion /
Charles James, often considered to be America's first couturier, was renowned in the 1940s and 1950s as a master at sculpting fabric for the female form and creating fashions that defined mid-century glamour. Although James had no formal training as a dressmaker, he created strikingly original...
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
[2014]
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Inhaltsangabe:
- An appreciation of Charles James / Ralph Rucci
- Introduction / Harold Koda
- Metamorphology: the personal and professional life of Charles James / Jan Glier Reeder
- The calculus of fashion: process and oeuvre / Harold Koda
- Spirals & wraps
- Drapes & folds
- Anatomical cut & platonic form
- Architectural shaping
- Inherent vice: challenges and conservation / Sarah Scaturro and Glenn Petersen.