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Fashion at the edge : spectacle, modernity and deathliness
Title
Fashion at the edge : spectacle, modernity and deathliness / Caroline Evans.
ISBN
9780300270952
030027095X
Edition
This [second] paperback edition.
Publication
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2023.
Physical Description
326 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 28 cm
Notes
Previous edition: 2003.
Summary
"Experimental fashion has a dark side, a preoccupation with representations of death, trauma, alientation, and decay. This ... publication offers an unexpected discussion of fashion design in the 1990s, exploring what its disturbing themes tell us about consumer culture and contemporary anxieties ... Fashion at the Edge considers a range of groundbreaking fashion in ... depth and detail, including the works of such designers as John Galliano, Alexander McQueen, Hussein Chalayan, Viktor and Rolf and Martin Margiela"-- p. 2 of cover
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 05, 2023
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-319) and index.
Contents
1. History
2. Haunting
3. Spectacle
4. Phantasmagoria
5. Glamour
6. Cruelty
7. Deathliness
8. Disconnection
9. Trauma
10. Dereliction
11. Exploration
12. Modernity.
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