“A long-overdue study of maison Félix, nuanced critique of the relationship between the Parisian haute couture and coiffure industries, new reading of the assertive role of U.S. Parmal, Chair and Curator of Textile and Fashion Arts Emerita, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston “Block takes the study of nineteenth-century French fashion and its consumers to a new level with her keen synthesis of an impressive group of sources.” Winner of the Aileen Ribeiro Grant of the Association of Dress Historians, an Association for Art History grant, and a Pasold Research Fund grant. Lavishly illustrated, with vibrant images of dresses, portraits, and fashion plates, Dressing Up reveals the power of U.S. tariffs on the French fashion industry and the emergence of smuggling, theft, and illicit copying of French fashions in the American market as the middle class emulated the preferences of the wealthy. women, which ranged from extensive transatlantic travel to quick trips downtown to the department store the performance of conspicuous consumption at balls and soirées the impact of U.S. She considers the mutual dependence of couture and coiffure the participation of couturiers in international expositions (with mixed financial results) the distinctive shopping practices of U.S. nouveaux riches on the French fashion scene, joining European royalty, French socialites, and famous actresses on the client rosters of the best fashion houses-Charles Frederick Worth, Doucet, and Félix, among others. Countering the usual narrative of the designer as solo creative genius, Block shows that these women-as high-volume customers and as pre-Internet influencers-were active participants in the era's transnational fashion system.īlock describes the arrival of the U. In Dressing Up, Elizabeth Block examines the couturiers' influential clientele-wealthy women in the United States who bolstered the French fashion industry with a steady stream of orders. How wealthy American women-as consumers and as influencers-helped shape French couture of the late nineteenth century lavishly illustrated.įrench fashion of the late nineteenth century is known for its allure, its ineffable chic-think of John Singer Sargent's Madame X and her scandalously slipping strap. If you can’t find the resource you need here, visit our contact page to get in touch.Įstablished in 1962, the MIT Press is one of the largest and most distinguished university presses in the world and a leading publisher of books and journals at the intersection of science, technology, art, social science, and design. The MIT Press has been a leader in open access book publishing for over two decades, beginning in 1995 with the publication of William Mitchell’s City of Bits, which appeared simultaneously in print and in a dynamic, open web edition.Ĭollaborating with authors, instructors, booksellers, librarians, and the media is at the heart of what we do as a scholarly publisher. Today we publish over 30 titles in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and science and technology. MIT Press began publishing journals in 1970 with the first volumes of Linguistic Inquiry and the Journal of Interdisciplinary History. International Affairs, History, & Political Science.MIT Press Direct is a distinctive collection of influential MIT Press books curated for scholars and libraries worldwide.
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