Fashion in History: A Global LookTutor: Giorgio Riello

Week 15Wednesday 9 February 2010

COUTURE IN THE ‘CENTURY OF FASHION’ c. 1860-1960

Charles Frederick Worth (1825-1895)

Empress Eugenie of France, wife of Napoleon III of France, 1860

Portrait of Rose Bertin, marchande de mode, 1747-1813

Court dress by Louis Hyppolite Leroy

Lillie Langtry

Sarah Bernhardt

‘cul de Paris’

Jacques Doucet (1853-1929) Irish lace/silk brocade evening cape, c.1905

Riding habit by

John Redfern

(1853-1929).

1912. V&A Collection

Paul Poiret (1879-1944)

From Les Robes de Paul Poiret recontees par Paul Iribe (1908)

Paul Iribe (1883-1935)

George Lepape (1887-1971)

Walking dress designed by Mme Paquin, 1907 V&A T.73 to C-1967

M.me Paquen (1869-1936)

Evening dress in wool crepe and chiffonand Jacket embroidered with sequins, 1935. V&A T.4&A-1973

Jeanne Lanvin (1867 – 1946)

Dress by Mariano Fortuny, c. 1920. It consists of five narrow widths of pleated silk hand-sewn into a tube just 47 cm wide. V&A T.423-1976

Mariano Fortuny, 1871-1949

Madeleine Vionnet (1876 – 1975)

Day dress and cape by Madeleine Vionnet. Woollen jersey, cape fastened with chrome clips, and leather belt, 1933

Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973)

'The Skeleton Dress’ by Elsa Schiaparelli. 1938Silk crepe. V&A: Museum no. T.394-1974

Jumper-Cravat, by Elsa Schiaparelli. Hand-knitted, wool with bow motif. c.1927

Coat by Schiaparelli, designed by Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), 1938

Coco Chanel (1883-1971)

Basculant Chair 1928 - Le Corbusier

Coco Chanel talks about fashionhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYxJ3Kf50Tw

Cristobal Balenciaga (1895-1972)

Dress by Balenciaga, 1965. V&A T.22-1974

Jacques Fath 1912-1954

Christian Dior, 1905-1957