The year 2015 marks the 150th anniversary of the first publication of one of the most-loved children's books, Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
British curators have now reinvented her as the fashion icon saying she strongly influenced the way people dressed and inspired designers and stylists the world over.
To mark the anniversary, the Victoria and Albert Museum of Childhood has brought together garments, photographs, rare editions and illustrations to show Alice as both a follower of fashion and a trendsetter.
Using book cover designs by Vivienne Westwood and Japanese Lolita clothing, The Alice Look is showing how Alice has always embraced contemporary style.
The display culminates with a new commission by Josie Smith, pattern-cutter who will make fashion literally out of fiction, producing a 3-D version of Alice's Wonderland outfit using fabric printed with text from the book.
Exhibition curator Dr Kiera Vaclavik told TOI in an interview "At first Alice followed fashion rather than influencing it directly. As new editions of the books were produced, her look was updated to reflect contemporary trends. But in the 20th century, Alice also began to emerge as a style icon. Almost 150 years after the first publication of Wonderland, she is still widely imitated by children and adults, including countless celebrities. In addition, Alice is a reference point and source of inspiration for leading designers, stylists and photographers".
So what are the specific fashion trends Alice started?
Dr Vaclavik added "In the 1930s, hairbands began to be referred to as Alice bands and this name has remained ever since. Today, Carroll's heroine adorns a wide array of clothing and accessories. Her look has inspired specific garments and fabric collections, as well as fashion shows, design projects, shoots, advertising campaigns and department store windows throughout the world".
"I first became interested in Alice and fashion during my doctoral research and it became clear to me that fashion's love affair with Alice was an international phenomenon and I find that fascinating, especially because Carroll himself wrote virtually nothing about his heroine's appearance in the Alice books. She is a fashion icon now more than ever".
"In the 19th century, Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett and the works of Kate Greenaway both sparked fashion crazes not dissimilar to the Potter mania which swept the world in recent years. All of these, though, have been relatively short lived. What makes Alice special, and indeed unique, is the fact that she is still shaping the way people dress across the world, a century and a half after she first appeared," Dr Vaclavik added to TOI. ? On May 9, a one-day conference will be held at the Museum exploring Alice as both follower of fashion and trend-setter, with papers spanning the century and half since the publication of Wonderland. It will look closely at what Alice wears and what this can tell us about her, and at some of the diverse practices of dressing as Alice in different parts of the world.
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