Gothic: Dark Glamour

From its origins in the eighteenth century literature of terror to its contemporary manifestations in vampire fiction, cinema, and art, the gothic has embraced the powers of horror and the erotic macabre Gothic is an epithet with a strange history evoking images of death, destruction, and decay Ironically, its negative connotations have made the gothic an ideal symbol of rebellion for a wide range of cultural outsiders Popularly associated with black clad teenagers and rock musicians, gothic fashion encompasses not only subcultural styles from old school goth to cyber goth and beyond but also high fashion by such designers as Alexander McQueen, John Galliano of Christian Dior, Rick Owens, Olivier Theyskens, and Yohji Yamamoto Fashion photographers, such as Sean Ellis and Eugenio Recuenco, have also drawn on the visual vocabulary of the gothic to convey narratives of dark glamour As the text and lavish illustrations in this book suggest, gothic fashion has deep cultural roots that give it an enduring potency. Best Download Books Gothic: Dark Glamour Author Valerie Steele – kino-fada.fr 3.5 stars warning meandering reviewI enjoyed the photographs and the descriptions of those photographs in the Steele part of the book They made sense and flowed well Unfortunately, the bulk of the text seriously confused me at times, despite because of the fact that I am somewhat familiar with this subculture view spoiler Like the difference between Western goths and Japanese Gothic Lolitas is because GothLolis listen to visual kei and haveestablished shopping options I m pret 3.5 stars warning meandering reviewI enjoyed the photographs and the descriptions of those photographs in the Steele part of the book They made sense and flowed well Unfortunately, the bulk of the text serio...Awesome book It covers history, lit and music and everything inbetween Nothing is left out, very well researched And I am in it page 56Although there are many books about gothic literature and goth rock, and even interesting sociological studies of the late 20th century and early 21st century goth subculture, there are few studies about gothic fashion and the influece of goth in the fashion world Gothic Dark Glamour essentially, a coffee table book ment as a companion to a major exhibiton makes a rather good job filling this vaccum The book consists e...I naturally always been attracted to what some might consider a spoOky atmosphere but i find most comfortable and have a great love for This book covers everything from early influences of band members inspired fashion that s also popular today to the development of the goth subculture movement i really enjoy watching reading...The Goth fashion in this book was meh But Oh My Goth The Victorian mourning dress is gorgeous It would be a beautiful wedding dress or a dress for the Opera.Brought this book as I needed to find quotes for my fashion degree and this book was perfect It held so much information and covered quite a broad range of the whole goth scene I found this book not only helpful but also extremely interesting.MehThis book is deliciously thick with lustrous photographic illustrations and visual references that are gilded frame worthy and if it weren t such blasphemy to pull it apart, I d do just thatI want some of these images on my walls, dammit Not surprisingly, it often readslike an academic textbook than a style guide, and thank heaven and hell below it for that There are far too many Like, OMG, Cheerleader to Gothgirl how to manuals out there already The primary author of this book, This book is deliciously thick with lustrous photographic illustrations and visual references that are gilded frame worthy and if it weren t such blasphemy to pull it apart, I d do just thatI want some of these images on my walls, dammit Not surprisingly, it often readslike an academic textbook than a style guide, and thank heaven and hell below it for that There are far too many Like, OMG, Cheerleader to Gothgirl how to manuals out...I own several of Valerie Steele s books and they never disappoint This one is no different Reading like a coffee table book, it provides an extensive history on Gothic literature, architecture, art, etc and how it inspired fashion, from Victorian mourning dresses to the raw, experimental clothing of the first Gothic scene sprung out of the punk movement in the late 70 s, the New Romantics, and therecent Cybergoth and Graver trends The book is filled with gorgeous photography, from st I own several of Valerie Steele s books and they never disappoint This one is no different Reading like a coffee table book, it provides an extensive history on Gothic literature, architecture, art, etc and how it inspired fashion, from Victorian mourning dresses to the raw, experimental clothing of the first Gothic scene sprung o...Clearly i m doing a lot of academic reading on the gothic subculture these days, as i think this is like the fifth such book i ve read and reviewed Really well done look at two aspects of the scene The first half is specifically fashion, the origins of the aesthetic artistic concept, and how the concept of dark glamour has surfaced and resurfaced b...

• English
• 19 August 2017
Valerie Steele
• Hardcover
• 180 pages
• 0300136943
• Valerie Steele
• Gothic: Dark Glamour