the corset a cultural history by valerie steele

When she talks she is always sensitive to being understood by everyone and not just her peers. Corsets - History, Corsets - Social aspects, Clothing and dress - Erotic aspects. She is a scholar with the rare ability to simplify knowledge, making it understandable for everyone. Steele would outshine us mere mortals, rattling off complicated words and leaving us clueless.

8 2003 by Valerie Steele (Author) 54 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover 98.07 Other used from 98. She is also founder and Editor-in-chief of Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture, the first peer-reviewed scholarly journal in Fashion Studies.Īll of the above may lead one to think that in a fashion conversation Ms. The Corset: A Cultural History Paperback Feb. With a Ph.D from Yale, she is author and co-author of over 20 books (among which Fashion Designers A-Z – The Collection of the Museum at FIT, Fashion and Eroticism, Paris Fashion, Women of Fashion, Fetish: Fashion, Sex and Power, The Corset: A Cultural History, Gothic: Dark Glamour) as well as contributor to essays and other publications, she has triggered the birth of the modern field of fashion studies and constantly raises awareness on the cultural significance of fashion.Īs the Director and Chief Curator of The Museum at FIT – Fashion Institute of Technology, she has organized more than 20 exhibitions since 1997, including The Corset, London Fashion, Gothic: Dark Glamour Shoe Obsession, Daphne Guinness, A Queer History of Fashion, and Dance and Fashion.

In this interview Valerie tells us about how she ended up studying fashion history – after dropping out from school and joining a women’s commune in San Francisco – and why the ITS Archive is so relevant. She will be part of our thinkers, our ambassadors, our antennas in the world. Valerie Steele, one of the world’s most respected fashion historians, explores the cultural history of the corset, demolishing myths about this notorious garment and revealing new information and perspectives on its changing significance over the centuries. Valerie Steele – Director & Chief Curator of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York – joins the ITS Arcademy Advisory Board.

The corset a cultural history by valerie steele