Reviewing Chanel: a catalogue raisonné and critical survey of the dress designs by Chanel published in British and French Vogue, 1916-1929

Holt, Alexia (1997) Reviewing Chanel: a catalogue raisonné and critical survey of the dress designs by Chanel published in British and French Vogue, 1916-1929. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.

Abstract

Founded on the premise that the existing literature on Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel does not give a comprehensive, balanced and objective survey of the dress designs produced by the house from 1916-1929, the thesis ‘Reviewing Chanel’ provides a catalogue raisonné of the designs shown in British and French Vogue during this period. This representative sample of Chanel’s work facilitates the very necessary and overdue re-assessment of Chanel’s early career and contribution to twentieth century fashion.

Part One of the Introduction includes a review of the existing literature on Chanel and explains the rationale behind the production of a catalogue of the dress designs reproduced in British and French Vogue. Part Two serves as the introduction to the twenty-eight essays which outline the principal developments in each of the dress design collections presented by the house between 1916-1929. Each essay provides an analytical summary of the key themes and developments of the collection and relates Chanel’s work to that of the other leading houses in Paris during this period.

• Item Type: Thesis (PhD)
• Qualification Level: Doctoral
• Subjects: N Fine Arts > NK Decorative arts Applied arts Decoration and ornament; T Technology > TT Handicrafts Arts and crafts
• Colleges/Schools: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Culture and Creative Arts > History of Art
• Supervisor's Name: Gregh, Eleanor
• Date of Award: 1997
• Depositing User: Ms Mary Anne Meyering
• Unique ID: glathesis:1997-5391
• Copyright: Copyright of this thesis is held by the author.
• Date Deposited: 15 Jul 2014 15:19
• Last Modified: 15 Jul 2014 15:21
• URI: https://theses.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/5391