Style through Silk and the Silent Silver Screen: "Irene Castle Corticelli Fashions"
Abstract
This paper explores Irene Castle’s influence on dress reform and ready-to-wear design of the 19teens and early 1920s. We contend that Irene Castle shaped popular ideas about beauty and style, which contributed to dramatic change in women’s appearance in the 1920s. She was also the first film actress to design and promote a self-named fashion line, Irene Castle Corticelli Fashions, a practice that has become commonplace among today’s film celebrities.
How to Cite:
Green, D. N. & Gray, J., (2015) “Style through Silk and the Silent Silver Screen: "Irene Castle Corticelli Fashions"”, International Textile and Apparel Association Annual Conference Proceedings 72(1).
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