Spectres : when fashion turns back.

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : V&A ; New York : distributed in North American by Abrams, 2005.Description: 167 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cmISBN:

1851774564 (hc.)

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DDC classification:

391 CLA

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	391 CLA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100316398

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In Spectres , Judith Clark addresses the relationship of contemporary fashion to history, creating a collage of visual references which offer a fascinating insight into the origins of themes current among contemporary designers, such as alienation, trauma and phantasmagoria. Images from cutting-edge designers such as Alexander McQueen, Hussein Chalayan, Viktor and Rolf and celebrated make-up artist Pat McGrath are juxtaposed with details of historical dress from the permanent collections of both the V&A and MoMu, combining to produce a book that is both ground-breaking and stylish.
The book includes a coda by fashion historian Caroline Evans (author of Fashion at the Edge ) from whom Clark has drawn assumptions about contemporary dress. Also reproduced are dramatic designs commissioned by Clark for a giant shadow lantern from the celebrated New York fashion illustrator Ruben Toledo.

Published to accompany the exhibition held at the ModeMuseum Province of Antwerp (MoMu) at the V&A, London, curated by Judith Clark, February 2005.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Judith Clark is V&A/London College of Fashion Fellow in the V&A's Research Department. She previously ran her own gallery in London curating many innovative fashion exhibitions. She was a contributor to Radical Fashion (V&A Publications, 2001).