Dress Codes: From Statement to Style Icon - Hardcover

Hoh, Madelief; Rem, Paul; Narinx, Ccile

 
9789462626447: Dress Codes: From Statement to Style Icon
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9462626448 ISBN 13: 9789462626447
Verlag: Uitgeverij de Kunst, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

A richly illustrated exploration of how dress codes shaped identity at the Dutch royal court (1870–1940) and how fashion still expresses power, culture, and connection today.

Dress codes are timeless. This book explores how clothing at the Dutch royal court between 1870 and 1940 expressed not only style, but also status and power. From galas and masquerade balls to mourning attire and daily wear, fashion followed strict rules. With costumes from the collections of Paleis Het Loo, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, and the Royal Collections, you'll see how members of the court set the tone and became taste-makers in wider society.

But dress codes are far from a thing of the past. In the second part of the book, you’ll discover how clothing today still connects - and divides - us. Think of football jerseys, gender norms, or popular influencers as today’s trendsetters. The exhibition invites you to reflect on your own wardrobe choices - and what they say about you.

Dress Codes shows that fashion is more than beautiful - it tells a powerful story about identity, culture, and influence.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Madelief Hohé: As curator of the collection of Fashion and Costumes at the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague, Madelief Hohé is responsible for one of the largest and most prominent collections of Western fashions in Europe. She studied art history at Leiden, at that time the only Dutch university that offered a specialism in the applied arts. One of her instructors there was Professor Irene Groeneweg, still an eminent specialist in the field of costume history. Paul Rem is a Dutch art historian, senior curator of Paleis Het Loo museum and ‘host’ of television programmes. Rem studied Art History and Classical Archaeology at the Free University in Amsterdam and graduated on the renovation of Soestdijk Palace in the years 1815-1821.

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Dress Codes – from Statement to Style Icon takes the reader to the Dutch court of the past, particularly the period 1880-1940, and of today, featuring clothes worn by Queen Wilhelmina, Queen Emma and Queen Máxima. What dress codes applied at the Dutch court, and who decided what they were? Low-cut or high-necked? A dress with or without a train? Dress codes provided clarity. A person’s position at court and in society was clear from the clothes they wore. Dress codes still exist today. Though they might not be so obvious, they are there nevertheless, and are certainly no less important, as celebrities adhere to royal dress codes and royals embrace modern fashions. Fashion journalist Cécile Narinx – who was editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar for many years – draws on her own experience in an essay about today’s dress codes. Royal dress codes still apply on the red carpet and at society events, while at the same time modern royals increasingly dress like the rest of us. This is a story that takes us from statement to style icon. Or, as Viktor & Rolf said of their Royals collection (2021), ‘Everybody can be a queen, and everybody is his or her own creation’.

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Verlag
Uitgeverij de Kunst
Erscheinungsdatum
2026
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
9462626448
ISBN 13 
9789462626447
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
160
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