ReFUSING Fashion
Title | ReFUSING Fashion PDF eBook |
Author | Rei Kawakubo |
Publisher | Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Fashion |
ISBN | 9780979199141 |
One of the most elusive fashion designers in the world, Rei Kawakubo of Japan, is known for remaking the forms of clothes. Her sweaters full of holes, jackets with only one sleeve and dresses that are part dress and part pants are unique, yet always wearable. She says she wants to "design clothes that have never yet existed." The exhibition included over 40 key garments, costumes from and film of the Cunningham performance, photographs, runway footage and ephemera. The exhibition aimed to present a view of Kawakubo's work as a series of interventions and dis-ruptions in the arena of style and fashion: whether her work is thought of as anti-fashion in the world of fashion, or of ugliness and clumsiness in a system classically devoted to good taste, Kawakubo's work is a constant process of renewal of vocabulary and thinking.
Rei Kawakubo
Title | Rei Kawakubo PDF eBook |
Author | Rex Butler |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 273 |
Release | 2022-12-15 |
Genre | Design |
ISBN | 1350118249 |
The Japanese fashion designer Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons is undoubtedly one of the world's major fashion designers. In 2017 she was the second living designer to ever be given a retrospective at the renowned Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Her work exerts an extraordinary influence over succeeding generations of designers and is a major point of reference for all those wishing to explore the place of fashion in contemporary culture. The 14 essays in this collection, written by eminent fashion theorists from around the world, ask what is the relationship of Kawakubo's work to art, philosophy and architecture, and ultimately illustrate how Kawakubo's creative output allows us to understand the very notion of fashion itself.
Dress Codes
Title | Dress Codes PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Thompson Ford |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 464 |
Release | 2022-01-18 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 1501180088 |
A law professor and cultural critic offers an eye-opening exploration of the laws of fashion throughout history, from the middle ages to the present day, examining the canons, mores and customs of clothing rules that we often take for granted
The Moment
Title | The Moment PDF eBook |
Author | Heidrun Friese |
Publisher | Liverpool University Press |
Pages | 217 |
Release | 2001-09-01 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1781387710 |
Modern philosophical thought has a manifold tradition of emphasising ‘the moment’. ‘The moment’ demands questioning all-too-common notions of time, of past, present and future, uniqueness and repetition, rupture and continuity. This collection addresses the key questions posed by ‘the moment’, considering writers such as Nietzsche, Husserl, Benjamin and Badiou, and elucidates the connections between social theory, philosophy, literary theory and history that are opened up by this notion.
Dressed for Freedom
Title | Dressed for Freedom PDF eBook |
Author | Einav Rabinovitch-Fox |
Publisher | University of Illinois Press |
Pages | 368 |
Release | 2021-11-16 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0252052943 |
Often condemned as a form of oppression, fashion could and did allow women to express modern gender identities and promote feminist ideas. Einav Rabinovitch-Fox examines how clothes empowered women, and particularly women barred from positions of influence due to race or class. Moving from 1890s shirtwaists through the miniskirts and unisex styles of the 1970s, Rabinovitch-Fox shows how the rise of mass media culture made fashion a vehicle for women to assert claims over their bodies, femininity, and social roles. She also highlights how trends in women’s sartorial practices expressed ideas of independence and equality. As women employed new clothing styles, they expanded feminist activism beyond formal organizations and movements and reclaimed fashion as a realm of pleasure, power, and feminist consciousness. A fascinating account of clothing as an everyday feminist practice, Dressed for Freedom brings fashion into discussions of American feminism during the long twentieth century.
Cheap Chic
Title | Cheap Chic PDF eBook |
Author | Caterine Milinaire |
Publisher | Crown |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 2015-09-01 |
Genre | Design |
ISBN | 1101904550 |
“I think it’s terrific.” –Diane von Furstenberg, of the original edition of Cheap Chic Beloved by designers and style mavens alike, the LBD of fashion guides—with a new foreword by Tim Gunn—is back and more in fashion than ever. Before there were street-style blogs and ‘zines, there was Cheap Chic. Selling hundreds of thousands of copies when it was originally published in 1975, this classic guide revealed how to find the clothes that will make you feel comfortable, confident, sexy, and happy, whether they come from a high-end boutique, sporting-goods store, or thrift shop. Astonishingly relevant forty years later, Cheap Chic provides timeless practical advice for creating an affordable, personal wardrobe strategy: what to buy, where to buy it, and how to put it all together to make your own distinctive fashion statement without going broke. Alongside outfit ideas, shopping guides, and other practical tips are the original vintage photographs and advice from fashion icons such as Diana Vreeland and Yves Saint Laurent. Inspiring decades of fashion lovers and designers, Cheap Chic is the original fashion bible that proves you don’t have to be wealthy to be stylish.
Refuse to Choose!
Title | Refuse to Choose! PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara Sher |
Publisher | Rodale |
Pages | 290 |
Release | 2007-03-06 |
Genre | Self-Help |
ISBN | 1594866260 |
Identifies seven personality types that share a common quality of having numerous unrelated interests, explaining how to prioritize and pursue multiple goals simultaneously in order to enjoy a successful and varied life.