Dance & fashion
By: edited by Valerie Steele
Contributors: Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.). Museum
Publisher: Yale University Press; Fashion Institute of Technology
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780300208856
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Ballet; Exhibitions; Dance; Fashion design; Costume design; Costume; Dance costume; History
Other titles: Dance and fashion
Description: "Lavishly illustrated with both contemporary and historical images, the book features essays by ten fashion experts, who explore various aspects of the reciprocal relationship between dance and fashion, from the liberating effects of the tango to the influence of ballet on Japanese girl culture. Designers featured include Leon Bakst, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Comme des Garçons, Christian Dior, John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier, Halston, Barbara Karinka, Isaac Mizrahi, Rodarte, Yves Saint Laurent, Riccardo Tisci of Givenchy, Valentino, and Iris Van Herpen"--
Notes: Published in association with the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Published in conjunction with the exhibition at the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology held Sept. 13, 2014-Jan. 3, 2015.

With contributions by Valerie Steele, Mary Davis, Colleen Hill, Melissa Marra, Emma McClendon, Patricia Mears, Masafumi Monden, Adelheid Rasche, Elizabeth Way, and Anna Winestein.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-368).
Table of contents: title: Dance & fashion / Valerie Steele; title: From sylph to swan: the tutu and fashion / Patricia Mears; title: Ballet shoes: function, fashion, and fetish / Colleen Hill; title: Tangomania / Mary Davis; title: On dance fashion and fashionable dances: remarks on the Berlin dance scene during the Weimar Republic / Adelheid Rasche; title: Russia's icons of dance / Anna Winestein; title: Movement, style, and something more: Martha Graham and modern dance / Melissa Marra; title: Intersections of movement and style: African American dance and fashion in the twentieth century / Elizabeth Way; title: When iconoclasts collide: Merce Cunningham and Rei Kawakubo's scenario / Emma McClendon; title: In praise of sheer perfection: ballet, clothing, and Japanese culture / Masafumi Monden.