Parizhskaia moda - Stil

Is Paris still the fashion capital? This question in his book answers a well-known fashion historian, director of the Museum of the Institute of Fashion Technology in New York Valerie Steele. The author brilliantly solves the problem he sets himself: to show the evolution of Parisian style. It is the style that gives Paris uniqueness, making it a place where "all the achievements of civilization, from avant-garde art to elegant fashion" have been embodied. The private life of Parisians, novels by Balzac and Proust, theatrical stage, the connection of fashion trends and historical epochs are deployed in a fascinating narrative spanning several centuries. The study of the history of Parisian fashion goes far beyond the "fashion conversation" and becomes a reflection on the global processes of European and world culture of the 18th and 19th centuries.