Now I Know How Joan of Arc Felt: the myth of Joan of Arc and her legacy in contemporary fashion and visual culture
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https://doi.org/10.26563/dobras.v14i29.1148Keywords:
Joan of Arc, Cross-dressing, Power-dressing, Women’s virilization, Contempo-rary fashionAbstract
Christine de Pizan, one of the main representatives of the Querelle des femmes – a late medieval literary debate that claimed women’s natural virtue – composed the Ditié de Jehanne d’Arc in 1429, that is to say, when her honoree was still alive. Thus, she gave rise to one of the longest-lived female myths in history. The present paper analyses how Joan of Arc, who has become an icon of female strength, freedom, virilization and mys-ticism, was since been a constant in the world of clothing and fashion, taking on special prominence in the contemporary catwalk, by some of the leading international designers such as Paco Rabanne, Jean Paul Gaultier, Alexander McQueen, John Galliano or Donatella Versace. All of them have transformed the Pucelle d’Orleans into a perfect combination of history, legend and aesthetics that proves fashion’s semiotic and symbolic value, as an artistic expression and an instrument of nonverbal communication.Downloads
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