Research Catalog

Title

Gothic : dark glamour / Valerie Steele and Jennifer Park.

Author

Steele, Valerie.

Publication

[New Haven] : Yale University Press ; New York : Fashion Institute of Technology, [2008]

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Details

Additional Authors

Park, Jennifer, 1977-

Description

xi, 179 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm

Summary

"From its origins in the eighteenth-century literature of terror to its contemporary manifestations in vampire fiction, cinema, and art, the gothic has embraced the powers of horror and the erotic macabre. "Gothic" is an epithet with a strange history - evoking images of death, destruction, and decay. Ironically, its negative connotations have made the gothic an ideal symbol of rebellion for a wide range of cultural outsiders. This gorgeous book is the first in-depth study of the gothic influence on fashion." "Popularly associated with black-clad teenagers and rock musicians, gothic fashion encompasses not only subcultural styles (from old-school goth to cyber-goth and beyond) but also high fashion by such designers as Alexander McQueen, John Galliano of Christian Dior, Rick Owens, Olivier Theyskens, and Yohji Yamamoto. Fashion photographers, such as Scan Ellis and Eugenio Recuenco, have also drawn on the visual vocabulary of the gothic to convey narratives of dark glamour. As the text and lavish illustrations in this book suggest, gothic fashion has deep cultural roots that give it an enduring potency." "Valerie Steele is director and chief curator of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT)."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Gothic rock music > Social aspects
• Goth culture (Subculture)
• Fashion

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-173) and index.
• Includes discography: p. [166-168].

Contents

Gothic: Dark Glamour -- Melancholy and the Macabre: Gothic Rock and Fashion.

ISBN

• 9780300136944 (cl : alk. paper)
• 0300136943 (cl : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2008024961
• 99821905302

OCLC

• ocn216936076
• 216936076
• SCSB-5435773

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries