Fashion / orientalism / the body
New Formations - ISSN 0950-2378
Volume 1987 Number 1
Fashion / orientalism / the body
Peter Wollen pages -
Abstract
In the early decades of the twentieth century, decoration and ornamentation in fashion came to be seen as signs of decadence. A new modernist body emerged, functionally attired and desexualised; simultaneously, a ‘less is more’ approach was seen in the world of the visual arts. Then came Orientalism, popularised by Paul Poiret’s famous Arabian Nights-themed party and Diaghilev’s Russian Ballet production of Scheherazade. This Oriental approach lent itself to Freudian interpretations and had despotic and sado-masochistic undertones, although Poiret claimed that he was the ‘slave’ to those who wore his designs, not their master.
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Peter Wollen (1987) Fashion / orientalism / the body, New Formations, 1987(1), -