{"id":713,"date":"2015-12-08T06:23:19","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T06:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilingmadamebeudet.sac.lsa.umich.edu\/?page_id=713"},"modified":"2015-12-08T06:23:19","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T06:23:19","slug":"french-modernism-runway-fashion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/smilingmadamebeudet\/theme-3\/french-fashion\/french-modernism-runway-fashion\/","title":{"rendered":"Runway Fashion Modernism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/smilingmadamebeudet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2015\/12\/9780300189537.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-740\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/smilingmadamebeudet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2015\/12\/9780300189537-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"9780300189537\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/smilingmadamebeudet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2015\/12\/9780300189537-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/smilingmadamebeudet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2015\/12\/9780300189537.jpg 484w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Spenser Robnett<\/p>\n<p><em>The Mechanical Smile<\/em> by Caroline Evans provides the reader with snapshots of runway and street fashion of early 1900s France. \u00a0Evans showcases the hyperbolic and over-the-top fashion styles, constantly evolving in France at the time. \u00a0More so, she uses the term &#8220;peacocking&#8221; to represent the boisterous accessories, colors, and styles that women would tote around. \u00a0Subtleties were spared as women began to socially compete for the newest and most extravagant trend. \u00a0Evans composes the book of many pictures as and uses arranges them in a race of outrageous outfits. \u00a0A sensational buzz swept through France, just before the department store era ushered in couture house customers. \u00a0This period of new velocity coincided with the translation of business management methods into visual advertisement. \u00a0However, in <em>Smiling Madame Beudet<\/em>, the costume of the lead actress is considered as outdated for her time period; especially as a woman of above average socio-economic status, she remains in basic costume throughout the whole film. \u00a0Germaine Dulac therefore has a powerful commentary of Madame Beudet&#8217;s image of herself and her passive roll as a consumer of fashion culture in 1920s France.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Evans, Caroline. &#8220;<\/span><i style=\"font-weight: 300\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Mechanical Smile: Modernism and the First Fashion Shows in France and America 1900-1929<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.&#8221; Print.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spenser Robnett The Mechanical Smile by Caroline Evans provides the reader with snapshots of runway and street fashion of early 1900s France. \u00a0Evans showcases the hyperbolic and over-the-top fashion styles, constantly evolving in France at the time. \u00a0More so, she uses the term &#8220;peacocking&#8221; to represent the boisterous accessories, colors, and styles that women would &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/smilingmadamebeudet\/theme-3\/french-fashion\/french-modernism-runway-fashion\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Runway Fashion Modernism&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":349,"featured_media":0,"parent":470,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-713","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/smilingmadamebeudet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/smilingmadamebeudet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/smilingmadamebeudet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/smilingmadamebeudet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/349"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/smilingmadamebeudet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/smilingmadamebeudet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/713\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/smilingmadamebeudet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/smilingmadamebeudet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}