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Schiaparelli & Prada : impossible conversations /

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven ; London : Distributed by Yale University Press, 2012.Description: 215 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9780300179552 (hbk.)
  • 0300179553 (hbk.)
Other title:
  • Schiaparelli and Prada
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Contents:
Twin peaks / Judith Thurman -- Hard chic -- Ugly chic -- Naïf chic -- The classical body -- The exotic body -- The surreal body -- Waist up/waist down.
Summary: "The Met's Spring 2012 Costume Institute exhibition, Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations, explores the striking affinities between Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada, two Italian designers from different eras. Inspired by Miguel Covarrubia's "Impossible Interviews" for Vanity Fair in the 1930s, the exhibition features orchestrated conversations between these iconic women to suggest new readings of their most innovative work. Iconic ensembles will be presented with videos of simulated conversations between Schiaparelli and Prada directed by Baz Luhrmann, focusing on how both women explore similar themes in their work through very different approaches"--Publisher's website.
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Book Book Whitecliffe Library General Shelves General TT 505 SCH BOL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0009530

"This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition "Schiaparelli and Prada : impossible conversations," on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 10-August 19, 2012"--P. [216].

Twin peaks / Judith Thurman -- Hard chic -- Ugly chic -- Naïf chic -- The classical body -- The exotic body -- The surreal body -- Waist up/waist down.

"The Met's Spring 2012 Costume Institute exhibition, Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations, explores the striking affinities between Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada, two Italian designers from different eras. Inspired by Miguel Covarrubia's "Impossible Interviews" for Vanity Fair in the 1930s, the exhibition features orchestrated conversations between these iconic women to suggest new readings of their most innovative work. Iconic ensembles will be presented with videos of simulated conversations between Schiaparelli and Prada directed by Baz Luhrmann, focusing on how both women explore similar themes in their work through very different approaches"--Publisher's website.

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