The cutting edge : fashion from Japan / edited by Louise Mitchell.

Contributor(s):

Mitchell, Louise, 1961-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Sydney, N.S.W. : Powerhouse, 2005.Description: 112 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cmISBN:

1863171142 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

746.9 MIT

Contents:

The cutting edge: fashion from Japan / Louise Mitchell -- A new design aesthetic / Akiko Fukai -- Fashion as art: postmodernist Japanese fashion / Bonnie English -- The designers: [Junichi Arai ; Shinichiro Arakawa ; Yoshiki Hishinuma ; Nozomi Ishiguro ; Rei Kawakubo ; Tokio Kumagai ; Masaki Matsushima ; Issey Miyake ; Hanae Mori ; Masahiro Nakagawa ; Hiroaki Ohya ; Reiko Sudo ; Kenzo Takada ; Jun Takahashi ; Naoki Takizawa ; Aya Tsukioka ; Kosuke Tsumura ; Junya Watanabe ; Yohji Yamamoto].

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	746.9 MIT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002000287434

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The story of Japanese fashion is both brief and extraordinary and has challenged Western notions of fashion and aesthetics. The Cutting Edge examines this story and looks at the work of nineteen designers. Pioneers Hanae Mori, Kenzo Takada and the 'Big 3' - Rei Kawakubo (Comme des Gar#65533;ons), Issey Miyake and Yohji Yamamoto - feature, and the exciting work of a new generation of designers, led by Junya Watanabe and Jun Takahashi, is also discussed.

Published in conjunction with the exhibition The cutting edge: fashion from Japan, developed by the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney in association with the Kyoto Costume Institute, 27 September 2005-29 January 2006.

Includes bibliographical references.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

The cutting edge: fashion from Japan
A new design aesthetic
Fashion as art: postmodernist Japanese fashion
The designers
Further reading
Acknowledgments
About the authors
About the museums

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Louise Mitchell is a curator of International Decorative Arts and Design at the Powerhouse Museum. Her previous publications include Stepping Out: Three Centuries of Shoes and Christian Dior: The Magic of Fashion. Akiko Fukai is Senior Curator at the Kyoto Costume Institute and has curated numerous exhibitions since the Institute's establishment in 1978. Bonnie English is Senior Lecturer in Art and Design Theory and a past Deputy-Director at the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane.