Fashion at the edge: spectacle, modernity and deathliness

"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 anxieti...

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1. Verfasser: Evans, Caroline 1954- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Haven ; London Yale University Press 2023
Ausgabe:Paperback edition
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Zusammenfassung:"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"-- Page 2 of cover
Beschreibung:First published 2003
Beschreibung:VII, 326 Seiten Illustrationen 28 cm
ISBN:9780300270952
030027095X