Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion

This vibrant publication brings to life four centuries of extraordinary garments and accessories inspired by the natural world. Offering new ways for understanding and experiencing a garment? inherent artistry, Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion explores clothing? complex relationship with the body through the senses. Engaging texts by scholars, scientists, and conservators reveal the history behind over 200 works of fashion while also addressing their fragility and ephemerality. Exceptional new photography by Nick Knight of creations by international couturiers and design houses?ncluding Crist?al Balenciaga, Thom Browne, Collina Strada, Christian Dior, Gucci, Charles James, LOEWE, Madame Gr?, Thebe Magugu, Maison Margiela, Alexander McQueen, Issey Miyake, Paul Poiret, Yves Saint Laurent, Elsa Schiaparelli, Bea Szenfeld, Philip Treacy, Iris van Herpen, Louis Vuitton, and Charles Frederick Worth?urther deepens our appreciation for each object? sensorial integrity.

Author: Andrew Bolton

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Publication Date: Jun 18, 2024

Number of Pages: 501 pages

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover

ISBN-10: 1588397777

ISBN-13: 9781588397775