Impact and resonance of white clothing
type: CreativeWork
about: DefinedTerm
  alternate name: Clothing and dress
about: DefinedTerm
  alternate name: White
about: DefinedTerm
  alternate name: Clothing and dress--Social aspects
about: DefinedTerm
  alternate name: Costume
about: DefinedTerm
  alternate name: Fashion
about: DefinedTerm
  alternate name: Clothing and dress--Social aspects--History
about: DefinedTerm
  alternate name: Clothing and dress--History--20th century
about: DefinedTerm
  alternate name: Fashion--History
about: DefinedTerm
  alternate name: White
about: DefinedTerm
  alternate name: Costume--History
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320127783
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320129600
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320130447
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320132370
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320132506
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320132628
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320142738
abstract: "Pazazz examines the complex meanings of white clothing throughout history. Delicate and impractical, white cloth in the past was difficult to obtain, as well as to keep clean. It is a symbol of purity but also of class superiority, privilege, and the display of leisure. It represents the menace of the Ku Klux Klan, but also the transition of a bride to the married state. It can be the appropriate dress for mourning and shrouds. White lace is ethereal; straitjackets are tough stuff. White clothing has been a marker of innocence and simplicity for women, but also of calculated, high-maintenance fashion. And for men, white can be evidence of power. But for many, white is a startling absence of color, the epitome of elegance."--Jacket flap.
author: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310155013
creator: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310155013
language: eng
name: Pazazz
subject of: Statement
  additional type: http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300195187
  text: The ancient gods of fashion -- The spiritual, the professional and the uniform -- Fashionable men, veils and gloves -- Powdered wigs and muslins -- Underwear and dirt -- Meringues and sleek satin shifts -- High fashion and street fashion -- Whiteout.
temporal coverage: 1900-1999
work example: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/301326458

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property ID: NL-AmRIJ
value: 326458