Costume Balls

化妆舞会 1870·1927年的装扮历史

✦产品信息——

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0D5GQ7G2G

出版商 ‏ : Five Continents Editions（2024 年 10 月）

语言 ‏ : 英语

精装本 : ‎ 304页

ISBN-13 ‏: ‎ 979-1254600719

尺寸 ‏ : 34.5 x 2.7 x 25.5 厘米

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

✦内容简介——

华丽的化妆舞会和滑冰嘉年华的精彩记录，曾经是社会娱乐的巅峰

2024 年 11 月 14 日至 2025 年 8 月 17 日，蒙特利尔麦考德·斯图尔特博物馆将举办一场精彩的展览，届时将出版该书

一个半世纪以前，奢华的化装舞会和滑冰嘉年华是社会娱乐的巅峰，带来了千变万化的人物，其中大部分来自历史。有机会将自己重新想象成过去的高尚英雄或女英雄，这不亚于一生难得的机会。参与者购买了奢华的服装，涌向摄影师的工作室，麦考德·斯图尔特博物馆收藏的这些场合的纪念品数量之多就是明证。

这本书是蒙特利尔麦考德·斯图尔特博物馆举办的化装舞会：1870-1927 年的化装史展览的配套作品。其中一篇导论介绍了化装舞会现象的总体情况，以及加拿大殖民时期发生的事件。其他文章依次探讨了艺术、摄影和出版物中对这些舞会的纪念、对土著和其他边缘化民族化装舞会形象的非殖民化视角，以及现存物品的短暂性。

其中一个部分是对令人震惊的服装的详细概述，并通过几张图片展示展览中无法看到的服装的视图：内部结构和标签、纺织品和材料的特写视图，以及身着服装的舞会嘉宾的档案照片的对比。

这本书在历史时尚出版物中是独一无二的，因为它是一本如此详细地介绍化装舞会的书籍。

A beautiful record of the extravagant costume balls and skating carnivals that were once the pinnacle of society entertainments

Published to accompany a stunning exhibition at the McCord Stewart Museum, Montreal from 14 November 2024 to 17 August 2025

A century and a half ago, extravagant costume balls and skating carnivals were the pinnacle of society’s entertainment, bringing forth a kaleidoscopic array of characters, most drawn from history. The opportunity to reimagine oneself as a noble hero or heroine from the past was no less than the chance of a lifetime. Participants acquired extravagant costumes and flocked to the photographer’s studio, as witnessed by the sheer abundance of mementos of these occasions in the McCord Stewart Museum’s collections.

The book accompanies the exhibition Costume Balls: Dressing Up History, 1870-1927 at the McCord Stewart Museum, Montreal. A lead essay presents an overall view of the fancy dress phenomenon, and the major events in Canada with their colonial underpinnings. Other essays look in turn at the commemoration of these balls in art, photography, and publications, a decolonising perspective on the representation of Indigenous and other marginalised peoples in fancy dress, and the ephemeral nature of the extant objects.

A section consists of detailed profiles of astounding garments, with several images to show views of each that cannot be seen in the exhibition: interior construction and labels, closeup views of textiles and materials, and comparisons of archival photographs of ball guests in costume.

The book is unique amongst historical fashion publications as it is the first to be devoted to fancy dress in such detail.