Author: Arnold, Rebecca

Source: Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture, Volume 12, Number 3, September 2008 , pp. 341-357(17)

Publisher: Berg Publishers

Abstract:

This article considers the importance of movement to the representation and understanding of New York sportswear fashions during the 1930s and 1940s. It examines the cultural contexts of the first decades of the twentieth century, which spawned New York department store ranges and designers including Claire McCardell and Mildred Orrick. The sportswear they created crystallized ideals of modern ready-to-wear, which was designed to be streamlined and flexible to move with the body. It was directly inspired by dance and exercise and the toned bodies such activities created, as well as by the fluid lines of Madeleine Vionnet's work, which emphasized the wearer's every movement.

Keywords: NEW YORK; MCCARDELL; FASHION; DANCE; MOVEMENT; MODERNITY

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2752/175174108X332323

Publication date: 2008-09-01

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