Tag Archives: Maude Allen

BANNING THE CORSET: PANTALOON LIBERATION FRONT

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Dave

Banning the corset and into the harem. Read my Body. “From the idea that the self is not given to us, I think that there is only practical consequence, we have to create ourselves as a work of art.” ( … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Amelia Jenks Bloomer, British Aesthetes, C. Willett Cunnington, Charles Frederick Worth, Condé Nast, Edward Streichen, Elinor Glyn, Georges Lepape, Greta Garbo, isadora Duncan, Jean Beraud, Jean Beraud art, Jean Cocteau, Joel Nikolaou, Josh Patner, Liz Eckermann, Maude Allen, Michel Foucault, Oscar Wilde, Paul Gernreich, Paul Poiret, Raoul Dufy, Sarah Bernhardt | Leave a comment

EMPIRE BURLESQUE:ANATOMY NOT GEOGRAPHY

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Dave

For centuries the principal ingredients in the popular Western image of the Middle East have been spirituality and sex. As early as the sixteenth century, European writers were using the second half of this irresistible combination to describe and define … Continue reading →