A Life of Its Own

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Title

A Life of Its Own

Subject

On the set during the filming of Sylvia's dancing scene in La Dolce Vita (1960)

Description

In thinking about dress as a situated body practice, consider the relationship between a garment and the body wearing it. Is it reciprocal, transactional, symbiotic? When a body moves in a garment, how does the garment react? As vintage fashion blogger Kali Pappas writes, "The way Ekberg whirls through the Caracalla scene, it’s almost like the dress has taken on a life of its own."

Source

Still photo from La Dolce Vita