Decadent Aesthetics and Modern Fashion: From Giovanni Boldini to John Galliano($11.99Value)

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The book enquiries Modern Fashion's origin in XIXth century Decadent Movement culture and environment, focusing on inspirations drawn by John Galliano and other contemporary designers from famous italian portaitist Giovanni Boldini , and highlighting connections between most dreamy fashion creations and late Romanticism and decadent Aestheticism literary masterpieces, including works of Gabriele d'Annunzio , Arthur Rimbaud, Joris-Karl Huysmans and Charles Baudelaire . A narrative of taste history takes shape, leading us from Belle Epoque's golden age to present day, trying to demonstrate that Fashion's rules was born in Decadent atmospheare of f in de siècle Paris, remaining alive until today and founding instances of female charme and seduction . Silvio Ballon i, PhD, has written several books on XIXth century art and literature, and recently published the first biography of famous italian designer Enrico Coveri