Fashion at the edge : spectacle, modernity & deathliness / Caroline Evans.
"Caroline Evans analyses the work of experimental designers, the images of fashion photographers, and the spectacular fashion shows that developed in the final decade of the twentieth century to arrive at a new understanding of fashion's dark side and what it signifies?" "Drawing...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2003]
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| Summary: | "Caroline Evans analyses the work of experimental designers, the images of fashion photographers, and the spectacular fashion shows that developed in the final decade of the twentieth century to arrive at a new understanding of fashion's dark side and what it signifies?" "Drawing on a variety of literary and theoretical perspectives - from Marx to Benjamin - Evans argues that fashion plays a leading role in constructing images and meanings during periods of rapid change. She shows persuasively that fashion stands at the very centre of the contemporary, where it voices some of Western culture's deepest concerns."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Item Description: | Published to coincide with an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Apr. 6-July 25, 2004. |
| Physical Description: | vii, 326 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 30 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-319) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0300101384 9780300101386 |