Philosophy of Fashion Through Film

Philosophy of Fashion Through Film

On the Body, Style, and Identity

Summa, Laura T. Di

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

05/2024

176

Mole

Inglês

9781350343757

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Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Defining Fashion
Fashion: An Item Performs
Fashion and the New
Fashion and Bodily Identity
Performance and Style
Fashion as a Performance and the Movies
Conclusions: Towards a Definition of Fashion
2. Repetition and the New
Fashion: What's New
The Dynamic of Repetition and the New: Designing Fashion
The Power of Repetition: Three Movies
Cary's grey lady suit and the promise of the red dress
A homage to Doug Sirk: Two Movies by Todd Haynes
Twenty Qipaos
Conclusions: Rethinking Repetition
3. The Body
Exploring the Body
Fashion and the Body: Staring and Strategies for Aesthetic Exploration
Furiosa's Strength
Black Panther: Carter's Superhero Costumes, Worn Everyday
Moonlight: The Gold Grill
Conclusions: Aesthetic Explorations
4. Couture and Costumes
Acknowledging Costume Design
Costumes?
Fashion and Costumes: Avenues of Conversation
Phantom Thread: Filming the Couturier
Fashion and Costume Designers: Tom Ford and Arianne Phillips
Historical Accuracy and Imaginative Freedom: Dressing Marie Antoinette
30 Years of Geoffrey Beene
Conclusions: Two Industries
5. On Fashion and Identity
The Episodic Self: Fashion and Identity
Narrative Identity and its Shortcomings
All Chanel: Personal Shopper
McQueen: The Runway
L'Annee derniere a Marienbad: Fashion or Identity?
Conclusions: Episodes and Fashion
6. Closing Thoughts: A Philosophy of Fashion - Through Film
What is Fashion?
Moving Pictures and Moving Bodies
Reassessing Identity
Fashion, Off-Screen

Epilogue
Notes
References
Index
style; cinema; movies; novelty; collective identity; costume; performance; melodramas; documentaries