Fashion History Talks!: In conversation with Rebecca Arnold of the Courtauld Institute

For Rebecca Arnold of the Instagram account @documentingfashion_courtauld, a picture speaks a thousand words. “We can’t know what made her look up,” reads Arnold’s caption for the image above, “only that it means we get a good view of her little hat–its feathers adding a sense of movement and drama to her figure…she is a busy woman … Continue reading Fashion History Talks!: In conversation with Rebecca Arnold of the Courtauld Institute

The Art of Imitation: Edward Steichen’s Modern Fashion Photographs of 1911

The birth of modern fashion photography is often credited to a spread by Edward Steichen featured in Art et Décoration magazine in 1911. However,  surprisingly little, if any, attention is every given to how Steichen took many of his groundbreaking visual cues from fashion illustration, specifically the work of artists Paul Iribe and Georges Lepape in two luxury, … Continue reading The Art of Imitation: Edward Steichen’s Modern Fashion Photographs of 1911