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The dancer wears Prada: how couture went from catwalk to ballet and beyond

by Judith Mackrell

From Chanel's Riviera bathers to Alexander McQueen's cross-dressing spywear, fashion has pushed dance to dazzling heightsAlexander McQueen always resisted the idea of working for dance. Even when invitations came from the Paris Opera Ballet, the fashion designer worried about being reduced to the status of "costume department". But in 2009, he broke his rule " for Eonnagata, a poetic piece of dance theatre about the …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:45am on January 16, 2018