CERCLE #04: Costumes

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Costumes allow for anonymity. Used in ancestral events or corporations, they can be synonymous of a rite of passage, of colour, of joy, of celebration, of uniformity and of dressing-up.

Man changes identity when he changes clothes. He puts on a role. Clothing is disturbing because it imposes a contradiction. We show, yet hide. We are bound to an outfit in which we are singled out. Costumes exist to speak, to assert things even. They have the extraordinary ability to provide another image of oneself to others for a moment. Although clothes don’t make the man, there is room for doubt…

Let’s make room for princesses of an evening, everyday gentlemen, uptight officers and all those who want to be and appear distinct. Showtime!

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Description

Specifications:
ISBN: 978-988-15951-3-3
Size: 210mm(w) x 270mm(h)
Pages: 128p + 4p cover with gold foiling
Stock: Finnisg Book Classic 80gsm
Language: English

Costumes
• Outfit — Brief representation of emblematic costumes.
• Léon Bakst — Sketch of the faun costume, 1912
• Miscellanea — Subjective selection of anecdotes, works, stories or expertise related to costumes.
• Do Ho Suh — High School Uni-Form, 1997
• Mannequin — Typeface by Thomas Bouville

Conversations
The Art of Costume Designing — Camille Assaf, who worked in New York for many years, is a scenography and costume design professional. Conversation with an enthusiast who shared her story and profession with us.

When the Suit makes the Man — Founder of the famous blog Parisian Gentleman, Hugo Jacomet gave us a warm welcome to evoke the importance of masculine elegance, its codes and craftsmen.

The Venetian Masquerade — Four time winner of the Venice Carnival competition, Tanja Schulz-Hess opened the doors onto a world where costumes are more than disguises.

The Costume Hunter — Charles Fréger developed his photographic practise around costumes and uniformity. This was naturally what encouraged us to meet the prolific artist.

Life After the Stage — A unique location, the Centre National du Costume de Scène, collects, restores, preserves and exhibits costumes. Delphine Pinasa, director of the centre, welcomed us there.

The Male & the Uniform — Odile Roynette is a researcher and lecturer at the Université de Franche Comté. Through the prism of history, we talked of the uniform, costume of the military world, and its virilising dimension.

Inspirations
Marie Rime | Guda Koster | Studio Bertjan Pot | Christian Tagliavini | Nick Cave | Jack Hughes | Stacey Rozich | Stephen Appleby-Barr | Ryoji Nakajima | Chad Wys

Selections
• Design — By Sophie Suma
• Fashion — By Hélène Dupont
• Architecture — By Pierre-Mathieu Degruel
• Films — By Fabien Texier
• Books — By Thomas Lacroix & Frédérique Mantouan
• Music — By Émilie Fernandez & Alexandre Rochon
• Food — By Sonia Verguet

About Cercle:
Cercle Magazine has been founded in 2011 by three graphic designers and illustrators, namely: Marlène Astrié, Marie Secher and Maxime Pintadu. Each issue of Cercle is based on 1 single idea. A concentration of different aspects of one particular topic (professional, visual, scientific, literary and artistic) in order to produce a surprising, cheerful but demanding magazine, aimed to be collected and to deliver timeless informations not bound to daily news twists. The topic is above all a support to highlight art creation and simple approach, able to interest both connoisseur and novices, printed objets’ lovers.

Additional information

Weight 400 g