PARIS FASHION AND DESIGN TEMPLATE in Fall 2020 (CM5021)

This course examines how and why Paris became the center of the contemporary fashion world. In part one, through reading history and cultural theory and visiting certain key sites in Paris, students will develop an in-depth understanding of a city which is often considered to have been the template for the modern. In part two of the course, the emphasis shifts: the rise of the great couture houses becomes the focus.