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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Meyer, Shannon (1974-...)
Titre(s) : Little black dress [Texte imprimé] : from mourning to night / Shannon Meyer
Publication : Saint Louis (Mo.) : Missouri history museum press, cop. 2016
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (160 p.) : ill. en coul. ; 26 cm
Comprend : Mourning Traditions ; Degrees of Mourning ; Expressions of Grief ; Early Uses
of Black in Fashion ; Coco Chanel and the Little Black Dress ; Black and Everyday
Versatility ; Black at Night.
Note(s) : Publ. à l'occasion de l'exposition éponyme au Missouri history museum. - Bibliogr.
159-160
"What's the most important garment in a woman's closet? More often than not, the answer
is 'the little black dress.' For decades, fashion magazines have touted the LBD as
the perfect solution to almost every fashion crisis. Dressed up or down, with flats
or heels, statement jewelry or a subdued jacket, the little black dress can be worn
anywhere, for any occasion. Where did the little black dress come from? And how did
black become the color of choice for every occasion? In Little Black Dress, Shannon
Meyer answers these questions by offering a visual history of the black dress, illustrating
its transformation from a traditional mourning garment to the fashion staple it is
today. Beginning with the Victorian era, Meyer describes how widows were required
to wear plain black clothing with no decoration for one year and a day, as a symbol
of full mourning. This gave way to concepts such as 'ordinary' and 'half' mourning
that allowed for different fabrics and embellishments. Then, in the early twentieth
century, women began to slowly adopt black into their everyday wardrobe, and, in the
1920s, Coco Chanel launched her revolutionary first line of black dresses, advertising
them as versatile, affordable, and fashionable choices for women. As Meyer shows,
other designers quickly followed suit, and black has since prevailed as a universal,
ever appropriate, always fashionable choice. Richly illustrated with seventy full-color
photos of dresses and accessories spanning 150 years, and including information about
the designer, original owner, and historical context for each, readers will find Little
Black Dress a stylish guide to this wardrobe essential. Designed to accompany an exhibit
by the same name at the Missouri History Museum, the book will impress historians
and fashionistas alike"
Sujet(s) : Couleur dans les vêtements
Mode -- Histoire
Robes (vêtements de femmes) -- Société -- Histoire
Rites et cérémonies funéraires -- Histoire
Noir -- Psychologie
Vêtements de femme -- Société
Indice(s) Dewey :
746.92 (23e éd.) = Vêtements (arts du textile) ; 391.207 4 (23e éd.) = Vêtements féminins - Musées, collections, expositions
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-1-883982-84-3 (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb450351724
Notice n° :
FRBNF45035172
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
