Jun 8, 2011 12:10
13 yrs ago
French term
les robes à porter sont parfois de peinture et se visitent au Louvre
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contemporay fashion inspired by 18th century clothing
Le couturier, qui fut étudiant en histoire de l'art, s'est inventé une mythologie où **les robes à porter sont parfois de peinture et se visitent au Louvre.**
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some dresses are like paintings you can visit at the Louvres
just a guess !
Note from asker:
yes I beleive that's the idea just need to render the writing... I have posted what I sent back to author am waiting on his response. |
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5 mins
dresses to wear are reproductions of paintings hanging in the Louvre
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Note added at 10 mins (2011-06-08 12:20:57 GMT)
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or another way of looking at this sentence:
dresses to wear/to be worn are high fashion paintings that should hang in the Louvre
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Note added at 10 mins (2011-06-08 12:20:57 GMT)
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or another way of looking at this sentence:
dresses to wear/to be worn are high fashion paintings that should hang in the Louvre
Note from asker:
Quite honestly I think I shall underline and ask the author for more information and keep you all informed |
20 mins
reading between the lines a little
"the kinds of dresses people should be wearing exist only on canvas and can be seen at the Louvre".
Is this statement a form of abnegation, a form of modesty ("Drop your crap and hype, matey, I'm not as skilled as dressmakers of the past, and only wish I were")? In which case I can't see if coming from the mouths of some of the couturiers I can think of ....
Can you put this pearl of wisdom in something of its setting?
Is this statement a form of abnegation, a form of modesty ("Drop your crap and hype, matey, I'm not as skilled as dressmakers of the past, and only wish I were")? In which case I can't see if coming from the mouths of some of the couturiers I can think of ....
Can you put this pearl of wisdom in something of its setting?
Note from asker:
Its an article for a catalogue. The exhibition is a confrontation between 18th c costumes and 20thc French designers inspired by the 18thc. The author has a rather ... literary style |
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35 mins
the dresses sometimes seem to be visiting one another at the Louvre as the paint on the canvases.
IMO it is a personification of those desses, as if they jumped out of an 18th century painting or something.
Peer comment(s):
disagree |
writeaway
: sorry-really have to disagree 100%. this is a complete contresens and also makes no sense at all. the French is very clear, just very (written) French
20 mins
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I think you will find this is not a bad interpretation of this very French French. Maybe not in the way I wrote it, though, but still that is what they are getting at.
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disagree |
Heloise Harrap
: Makes no sense in English and isn't what the French says either. Sorry.
1 hr
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disagree |
Rob Grayson
: Agree with the previous two disagrees
1 hr
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2 hrs
dresses to wear which sometimes seem to be coming out of canvasses
"invented his own mythology filled with dresses to wear which sometimes seem to be coming out of canvasses visible in the Louvre."
Peer comment(s):
disagree |
Rob Grayson
: Nice guess – unfortunately completely nonsensical / My comment is aimed not so much at your French as at your English
6 mins
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You are entitled to your opinion but let it be known my answer was not a guess. French is my main mother-tongue and I have my own very good reasons for not doubting my understanding of this particular sentence... Have a nice day !
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14 hrs
the dresses to be worn are sometimes hand-painted and shown at the Louvre
Hello,
robe de peinture = painted dress
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://shefinds.com/imag...
I hope this helps.
robe de peinture = painted dress
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://shefinds.com/imag...
I hope this helps.
Reference comments
20 hrs
Reference:
'Lacroix was born in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône in southern France. At a young age he began sketching historical costumes and fashions. Lacroix graduated from high school in 1969 and moved to Montpellier, to study Art History at the University of Montpellier. In 1971, he enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris. While working on a dissertation on dress in French 18th-century painting, Lacroix also pursued a program in museum studies at the École du Louvre. His aspiration during this time was to become a museum curator.'
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Lacroix)
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Lacroix)
Discussion
the couturier's very personal mythology colours dress wear that could step out from paintings hung at the Louvre.
I shall ask the author for more info and keep you all informed, thanks for your suggestions and time.