Title & Author:

Sleeping beauties : reawakening fashion / Andrew Bolton ; with contributions by Margherita Barone, Linda Borsch, William DeGregorio, Nick Knight, Stephanie Kramer, Rachel Lackner, Dr. Junpeng Lai, Christopher Mazza, Dr. Ronald Miles, Glenn Petersen, Elizabeth Shaeffer, and Sissel Tolaas ; photographs by Nick Knight ; with additional photographs by Anna-Marie Kellen.

Publication:

New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2024]
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press
©2024

Description:

xxiii, 469 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), photographs ; 31 cm

Notes:
Issued in slipcase.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 464-465).
Directors' foreword / Max Hollein and Marina Kellen -- Sponsors' statements / Shou Chew ; Pascale Lepoivre -- Introduction / Andrew Bolton -- Earth. Painted flowers ; Blurred blossoms ; Dior's garden ; Petal paillettes ; Van Gogh's flowers ; Garthwaite's garden ; Poppies ; Daisies ; Tulips ; The red rose ; The black rose ; Les roses ; Scent of a man ; The garden Reseda luteola -- Air. Garden life ; Insects ; The terrarium ; Beetle wings ; Insect women ; Butterflies ; The birds ; The nightingale and the rose -- Water. Marine life ; Venus ; Seashells, The siren ; The mermaid ; The eco mermaid ; The mermaid bride -- Epilogue / Nick Wright -- Scientific analysis. Science of the senses ; Anechoic chamber sound recordings ; Smell molecule recordings ; Dye analyses ; Radiography -- Checklist -- Selected bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Captions and credits.

Exhibitions:

Catalog of an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from May 10-September 2, 2024.

Summary:

"'Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion' explores clothing's complex relationship with the body through the senses, offering new ways for understanding and experiencing a garment's inherent artistry. 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--including Cristòbal Balenciaga, Thom Browne, Collina Strada, Christian Dior, Gucci, Charles James, LOEWE, Madame Grès, 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--further deepens our appreciation for each object's sensorial integrity."-- Publisher's website.

ISBN:

9781588397775
1588397777

Subject:

Costume Institute (New York, N.Y.) Exhibitions.
Fashion History Exhibitions.
Costume History Exhibitions.
Fashion New York (State) New York Exhibitions.
Costume New York (State) New York Exhibitions.
Flowers in art Exhibitions.
Nature in art Exhibitions.
Flowers in art.
Nature in art.
Fleurs dans l'art Expositions.
Nature dans l'art Expositions.
Fleurs dans l'art.
Nature dans l'art.

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Illustrated works.
Catalogues d'exposition.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Bolton, Andrew, 1966- author, curator.
Barone, Margherita, contributor.
Borsch, Linda, contributor.
DeGregorio, William (Fashion historian), contributor.
Knight, Nick, 1958- contributor, photographer.
Kramer, Stephanie L., contributor.
Lackner, Rachel, contributor.
Lai, Junpeng, contributor.
Mazza, Christopher, contributor.
Miles, Ronald N., contributor.
Petersen, Glenn (Conservator), contributor.
Shaeffer, Elizabeth, contributor.
Tolaas, Sissel, 1961- contributor.
Kellen, Anna-Marie, photographer.
Costume Institute (New York, N.Y.)
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution, issuing body.

Reawakening fashion

Holdings:

Location: Library main 320223
Call No.: 320223
Copy: 1
Status: Available