New York City Ballet: Choreography & Couture
By Marc Happel; Photography by Pari Dukovic; Foreword by Sarah Jessica Parker
Celebrating the art forms of ballet and fashion, this enchanting volume explores the creative collaborations between New York City Ballet and the top fashion designers of our age, including Virgil Abloh, Alexander McQueen, Valentino, Prabal Garung, and Valentino, among others. The stunning photography features breathtaking images of the dancers in motion, along with detail shots highlighting the couture elements of the costumes. Author Marc Happel, NYCB’s Director of Costumes, has collected the designers’ original sketches along with quotes about their process and inspiration for each ballet, illuminating how fashion design is adapted for dance to amplify movement and music.
Retail Price: $55
Details: Hardcover, 208 pages, 12” x 9.5”
Publisher: Rizzoli
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By Marc Happel; Photography by Pari Dukovic; Foreword by Sarah Jessica Parker
Celebrating the art forms of ballet and fashion, this enchanting volume explores the creative collaborations between New York City Ballet and the top fashion designers of our age, including Virgil Abloh, Alexander McQueen, Valentino, Prabal Garung, and Valentino, among others. The stunning photography features breathtaking images of the dancers in motion, along with detail shots highlighting the couture elements of the costumes. Author Marc Happel, NYCB’s Director of Costumes, has collected the designers’ original sketches along with quotes about their process and inspiration for each ballet, illuminating how fashion design is adapted for dance to amplify movement and music.
Retail Price: $55
Details: Hardcover, 208 pages, 12” x 9.5”
Publisher: Rizzoli
Purchase
By Marc Happel; Photography by Pari Dukovic; Foreword by Sarah Jessica Parker
Celebrating the art forms of ballet and fashion, this enchanting volume explores the creative collaborations between New York City Ballet and the top fashion designers of our age, including Virgil Abloh, Alexander McQueen, Valentino, Prabal Garung, and Valentino, among others. The stunning photography features breathtaking images of the dancers in motion, along with detail shots highlighting the couture elements of the costumes. Author Marc Happel, NYCB’s Director of Costumes, has collected the designers’ original sketches along with quotes about their process and inspiration for each ballet, illuminating how fashion design is adapted for dance to amplify movement and music.
Retail Price: $55
Details: Hardcover, 208 pages, 12” x 9.5”
Publisher: Rizzoli
Purchase
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Marc Happel has served as Director of Costumes at New York City Ballet since 2006.
Pari Dukovic is an award-winning portrait and fashion photographer whose work has been exhibited worldwide and published in The New Yorker,Time, GQ, and Harper’s Bazaar.
Sarah Jessica Parker, who conceived the NYCB's Fall Fashion Gala in 2012, is an actor, style icon, and vice chair of the NYCB Board of Directors.