Dr. Justine de Young

Art historian and professor in the Art History department at the Fashion Institute of Technology, author of The Art of Parisian Chic (Bloomsbury, 2025), with a PhD from Northwestern and research on fashion, Impressionist art, and self-fashioning in 19th-century Paris.

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Oct 6, 2025 • 1h 11min

Justine De Young, "The Art of Parisian Chic: Modern Women and Modern Artists in Impressionist Paris" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

Dr. Justine De Young, an art historian and professor, dives into the intertwining worlds of fashion and Impressionist art. She discusses how women navigated societal beauty ideals, highlighting five fashionable archetypes like the 'cocotte' and 'Parisienne.' The conversation explores the impact of mass production on fashion democratization, the specialized mourning fashion industry, and the influence of artistic representations, such as Monet’s iconic works. De Young also sheds light on the exclusionary nature of Parisienne ideals and the riveting story of a sensational courtesan murder that shook the city.

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