Category performance
archive of the crinoline: team work
There’s a good deal of doubt about whether this photograph, part of a group, was made to mock or celebrate the spirit of the crinoline, but either way, what is revealed is the sociality of its production. No-one said it was going to be easy to make a spectacle, but with a bit of patience, team […]
archive of the crinoline: redeem the unredeemable!
There’s a sorry history of cultural appropriations of the crinoline, often for purposes other than high fashion, usually with the intent of debunking or perverting the gloire of the crinoline’s architecture. This awkward specimen, widely reproduced, sometimes goes by the title of ‘The Bachelor’s Dream’, an albumen print from around 1860, and not, as they […]
the institute of electric crinolines 