The Rose in Fashion

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Ravishing

By Amy de la Haye

Summary

The Rose in Fashion: Ravishing delves into the enduring allure of the rose as a symbol and source of inspiration in fashion across centuries. From 18th-century silks to contemporary gender-neutral designs and iconic Alexander McQueen creations, the book examines how the rose reflects themes of love, beauty, sex, sin, and identity. It includes insights from multiple experts and features beautiful imagery, including rose photographs by Nick Knight, illustrating the flower's complexity and cultural significance.
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Ideal for readers interested in arts and culture, fashion history, design students, professionals, and anyone fascinated by botanical symbolism and the intersection of nature and fashion.

Description

An exploration of how the rose—the most ravishingly beautiful and symbolic of flowers—has inspired fashion over hundreds of years

The Rose in Fashion: Ravishing is a fascinating exploration of how the rose has inspired the way we look, dress, feel, and fantasise. It foregrounds innovative, refined, and challenging fashion design from elite 18th-century woven silks to the latest gender-neutral catwalk trends and Alexander McQueen rose dresses. Drawing upon fashion clothing, everyday dress, millinery, fine jewellery, perfume, and artificial and fresh roses, multiple expert contributors make reference to love, beauty, sex, sin, gendered identities, rites of passage, transgression, degradation, and death.

This sumptuously illustrated book also includes a contribution and stunning images of roses by visionary photographer Nick Knight. Wild yet cultivated, savage yet delicate, this flower has remained an enduring symbol perhaps due to its versatility and the dichotomies it represents.

Published in association with The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York

Exhibition Schedule:

The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
(Opens August 6, 2021)

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Praised for its comprehensive exploration of the rose in fashion, this work is called "astonishing in its breadth" and a valuable resource for designers, students, and enthusiasts, as noted by Ellen Sampson in the Journal of Dress History. The Daily Mail's Ciara Dossett highlights the book’s beautiful presentation and its historical reach from Ancient Egypt to modern runways.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780300250084

Publisher: Yale University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 08 September 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Yale University Press

Illustration: 228 color + 38 b-w illus.

Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 216.0mm

Height: 267.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 240

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Amy de la Haye Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Amy de la Haye is professor of dress history and curatorship at London College of Fashion and joint director of the University of the Arts Centre for Fashion Curation.