The mechanical smile: modernism and the first fashion shows in France and America, 1900-1929

Contents

Introduction -- Prehistory: nineteenth-century fashion modelling -- 1900-1914: the rationalisation of the body -- 1900-1914: French fashion on the world stage -- 1900-1917: America -- 1914-1919: the nationalisation of the body -- 1919-1929: fashion in motion -- Architecture: factories of elegance -- Audiences: the commerce of the look -- Objects: industrial smiles -- Prolepsis: future bodies -- Movement: the mannequin walk -- Flow: the mannequin pose --