The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion | MetPublications

Search for a Met publication (from 1964)

Publication type

Thematic category

Collection / Department

Format

MetPublications

– About MetPublications

– Recently Published

– Notable exhibition catalogues

– Favorite Met titles

– Notable collection catalogues

– Book titles with full text online

– Online publications

– Educator publications

– All available titles

– The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin

– Metropolitan Museum Journal

– Related posts in Now at the Met

The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion

Koda, Harold, and Kohle Yohannan (2009)

This title is in print.

Description

Model as Muse explores the relationship between fashion and models at the forefront of style and femininity. Featuring a brief historical overview of the supermodel, Koda and Yohannan begin the book with early twentieth century style influences and continue through present-day fashions. Past icons like Dorian Leigh, Sunny Harnett, and Twiggy are featured alongside contemporary models like Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, and Kate Moss. Designs from Christian Dior and Balenciaga in the 1950s; Yves Saint Laurent and Cardin in the 1960s; Christian Lacroix and Calvin Klein in the 1980s; and, Marc Jacobs and Alexander McQueen in the 1990s were often inspired by models and their influence on the changing face of the feminine ideal.

Table of contents

Sponsor's Statement
Director's Foreword

Preface: The Model as Muse

Prologue: The World Between the Wars

The Golden Age of Haute Couture

Youthquake

The Body Politic

Supermodel

Epilogue: The Branded Body

Acknowledgments
Exhibition Checklist
Select Bibliography
Photograph Credits

About the authors

Harold Koda is Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.