High Glamour: Magical Clothing and Talismanic Fashion

The iconography and visuals associated with magic are highly evocative and responsible for a major part of its appeal. The strong, often iconoclastic imagery exerts a particularly powerful draw for the artist or craftsperson because of its ability to fire the imagination, and to inspire creative wor...

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Autres titres:Special Issue: Paganism, art, and fashion
Auteur principal: Rodgers, Charlotte (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Equinox Publ. [2020]
Dans: The pomegranate
Année: 2019, Volume: 21, Numéro: 2, Pages: 172-185
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Vêtement / Mode / Magie / Symbole graphique / Néopaganisme
Classifications IxTheo:AD Sociologie des religions
AG Vie religieuse
AZ Nouveau mouvement religieux
Sujets non-standardisés:B Tarot
B couture
B Fashion
B Aesthetics
B Contemporary Paganism
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Résumé:The iconography and visuals associated with magic are highly evocative and responsible for a major part of its appeal. The strong, often iconoclastic imagery exerts a particularly powerful draw for the artist or craftsperson because of its ability to fire the imagination, and to inspire creative work in response. Until recent times, creative interpretations of magic within mainstream fashion have mainly been on a subtle and subversive level; generally within a counter cultural context. So why is magical symbolism being appropriated within high fashion at this particular point in time?
ISSN:1743-1735
Contient:Enthalten in: The pomegranate
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1558/pome.41521