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Exhibition Catalogue Sport's Fashion

Arts décoratifs, Mode - Publisher Somogy - Ouvrage broché - 112 pages - Text in Bilingue Français-Anglais - Published in 2015

‘The sports silhouette is the smart silhouette’. JEAN PATOU

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Model 9782757209783
Artist Arts décoratifs, Mode
Author Collectif
Publisher Somogy
Format Ouvrage broché
Number of pages 112
Language Bilingue Français-Anglais
Dimensions 300 x 230
Technique(s) 150 illustrations
Published 2015
Museum Musée National du Sport, Nice

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The connection between sport and fashion is quite natural and is closely linked to the invention of modern sport that was initiated by the British.

In the mid nineteenth century, the upper classes saw these activities as a way of highlighting social differences. The choice of discipline (tennis, horse riding, or golf) and the refinement of the attire became indispensable signs that affirmed the social class of the wearer.

In the 1920s and ‘30s, the winter and sea resorts were transformed into veritable centres for high fashion. The enthusiasm for and emergence of competitive sports encouraged the development of highly specific forms of clothing. This singularity led to the development of materials, clothing lines, and sports collections by fashion and sports celebrities.

The ‘sports style’ gradually emerged from this specific wardrobe and became a regular feature of masculine and feminine elegance.

> EXhibition presented at the Museum od Sports in Nice, France (Summer 2015).


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