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Fashion at the Edge: Spectacle, Modernity, and Deathliness

Caroline Evans • Yale University Press • ISBN-13 978-0300101928

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Fashion at the Edge: Spectacle, Modernity, and Deathliness

Caroline Evans • Yale University Press

ISBN-10: 0300101929 · ISBN-13: 978-0300101928 · 2003 · 1st Edition

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Caroline Evans' 'Fashion at the Edge' explores the avant-garde fashion of the late 20th century, focusing on themes of spectacle, modernity, and the aesthetics of deathliness. The book examines how designers like Alexander McQueen and Martin Margiela challenged conventional fashion norms and embraced a darker, more conceptual approach.

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Publisher: Yale University Press
Hardcover1st Edition2003
Pages: 328Language: EnglishPaper finish: Matte

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Contributor: Caroline Evans

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Category: AestheticsCategory: Avant-Garde FashionCategory: Contemporary ArtCategory: Cultural CriticismCategory: Design TheoryCategory: Fashion HistoryCategory: Fashion StudiesCategory: SubcultureCategory: CriticismInfluenced by: Roland BarthesInfluenced by: Walter BenjaminInfluenced by: Jean BaudrillardInfluenced: Contemporary Fashion DesignersInfluenced: Fashion TheoristsCornerstone of: Contemporary Fashion Studies

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