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Artistic Dress was a fashion movement in the second half of the nineteenth century that rejected highly structured and heavily trimmed Victorian trends in favour of beautiful materials and simplicity of design. It arguably developed in Britain in the early 1850s, influenced by artistic circles such as the Pre-Raphaelites, and Dress Reform ...
A dance costume used in ballet. A dance costume is the clothing worn by a dancer when performing before an audience. A dance costume may be custom designed for use in a specific dance work, or it may have a traditional design, such as those used in some ceremonial and folk dances.
This is the main list of dances.It is a non-categorized, index list of specific dances. It may also include dances which could either be considered specific dances or a family of related dances.
1860s Fashion Plates of men, women, and children's fashion from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries; 1850s and 1860s Fashion; 1860s Men's Fashions — c. 1860 Men's Fashion Photos with Annotations; Fashonik Updos for long hair Archived 2016-05-20 at the Wayback Machine; 1864 Wedding Dress — Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute
The swan dress designed by Marjan Pejoski and worn by Björk at the Academy Awards in 2001. This is a list of individual dresses that are notable for their historical significance, appearances in media, or as art.
French fashion designer Jeanne Lanvin's full-skirted robe de style dresses of the mid-1920s and Madeleine Vionnet's Ballerina dress both had inspiration in the ballerina costume. According to ballet historian Ilyana Karthas, during the 1920s images of femininity were promoted in the context of athleticism, exercise, and the physical body. [11]
Folk costume, traditional dress, traditional attire or folk attire, is clothing associated with a particular ethnic group, nation or region, and is an expression of cultural, religious or national identity. If the clothing is that of an ethnic group, it may also be called ethnic clothing or ethnic dress.
Sharp, C. J. (1924) The dance; an historical survey of dancing in Europe. Rowman and Littlefield. ISBN 0-87471-105-3; Thomas, H. (2003) The Body, Dance and Cultural Theory. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-72432-1; Feliksdal, B (2003) Modern Tap Dance, ISBN 90-807699-2-4 Bekebooks; Feliksdal, B (2004) Jazz Dance Syllabus Jazz, Rhythm, Body and Soul.