num_pages: 224
description: Model as Muse explores fashions reciprocal relationship to iconic beauties that represent the evolution and changing face of the feminine ideal. Featuring a brief historical overview of the phenomenon of the supermodel the book begins in the early 20th century and continues to the present day. Dorian Leigh and Lisa Fonssagrives in the 1940s are joined in the 1950s by Dovima Sunny Harnett and Suzy Parker. They are followed by Jean The Shrimp Shrimpton and Twiggy in the 1960s and Lauren Hutton in the 1970s. The 1980s witnessed such enduring personalities as Cindy Crawford Christy Turlington Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista while the 1990s brought on Kate Moss whose edgy street-inflected style has inspired not only fashion designers editors stylists and photographers but artists such as Chuck Close and Lucien Freud.With an emphasis on styles from the 1950s onward the book features designs from the great ready-to-wear and couture housesMadame Grs Christian Dior and Balenciaga in the 1950s; Rudi Gernreich Yves Saint Laurent and Cardin in the 1960s; Giorgio di SantAngelo and Halston in the 1970s; Christian Lacroix Versace Comme des Garcons and Calvin Klein in the 1980s; and Marc Jacobs John Galliano and Alexander McQueen in the 1990s.
language: English
title: The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion
publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art