Haute Couture in Tehran
Two Faces of an Emerging Fashion Scene
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12587989 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adrian Bălășescu (0000-0001-6523-8405, Fashion Institute of Technology, corresponding author), Alexandru Balasescu (Alexandru Balasescu is fashion commentator at Realitatea TV, a news channel in Romania, and has a PhD degree in anthropology (2004) from the University of California, Irvine. His thesis focuses on the symbolic and material links between the fashion industry in Paris and Tehran. He has published in academic journals such as the Journal of Material Culture, Fashion Theory, and Gender and History, as well as in the popular magazines Zoo and Idea.) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 299-317 |
| Publication date | 2007-05-28 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Fashion Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1362-704X • E-ISSN: 1751-7419 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2752/136270407x202835 |
| OpenAlex | W2026463864 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 5 |
This article sketches a map of the formation of taste in Iran and the circulation of desire across class and geographic borders. Focusing on haute couture production in Tehran, it focuses on the careers of two designers. Discussing their sources of inspiration and the expectations of their clients, it illustrates different understandings of fashion in the city. Ideas about modernity, tradition, and the West are reworked according to the aesthetic approaches of each designer. Modernity and mobility are linked in fashion design practices, as they negotiate the tensions between state restrictions and consumer desires for fashion, modernity and bodily mobility. The ways in which designers rework or reinterpret Iranian traditional aesthetics brings to the fore the connections between Western sensibilities and those of the upper classes in Tehran. With Western taste and desires rather than Western dress informing highclass subjectivities in Tehran, dress inspired by traditional clothing is held in high esteem among the privileged classes in Tehran and in the Diaspora.KEYWORDS: Iranconsumptionhaute-couturemodernity
Aesthetics · Art · Clothing · Fashion design · Modernity · Negotiation · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Taste · Visual arts · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Crafts, Textile, and Design · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · History · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2020 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |