“Dressed bodies”: the female silhouette (re)signified of Coco Chanel

This article aims to reflect on the Coco Chanel (1883-1971) “dressed body”, considered one of the major fashion creators of all time, becoming a decisive figure in given new meanings for fashion and for the female silhouette. This work is justified by the trust in the importance that the clothes imp...

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Autor: Assunção, Letícia Formoso
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Brasil
Institución:Associação Brasileira de Estudos e Pesquisas em Moda (Abepem)
Repositorio:Revista dObra[s]
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.dobras.emnuvens.com.br:article/484
Acceso en línea:https://dobras.emnuvens.com.br/dobras/article/view/484
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Chanel
Fashion
Clothing
Gender
Body.
Moda
Vestuário
Gênero
Corpo.
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Sumario:This article aims to reflect on the Coco Chanel (1883-1971) “dressed body”, considered one of the major fashion creators of all time, becoming a decisive figure in given new meanings for fashion and for the female silhouette. This work is justified by the trust in the importance that the clothes impose on the body as an element that promotes meaning in relation to places and gender images. The analysis allowed us to understand Chanel’s body as belonging to an ambiguous space, built from meanings that unite the designer image to a corporeity engendered on the border between masculine and feminine.