Overview
As the practice of fashion curation extends into commercial galleries, public and retail spaces, and even to the individual self, professional concepts of 'curating' are undergoing rapid change. Today, everyone is seemingly able to 'curate', but where does this leave the traditional understanding of curation as clothing collected and displayed in a museum? This thought-provoking volume explores the practice of fashion curating in the 21st century, bridging the gap between methods of display and notions of 'the curatorial' in fashion exhibitions, commercial settings, and the virtual world. From fashion’s earliest forays into the museum to creative collaborations between luxury fashion brands and artists, this book challenges understandings of fashion curation by drawing on the palpably new spaces, places, and actors in today’s curating scene. Exploring poetic and performative museum displays in venues such as the V&A, Somerset House, MoMu and the Royal Ontario Museum, alongside the ways that brands such as Dior, Chanel and Louis Vuitton have made use of 'the curatorial' in their own commercial strategies, Fashion Curating asks pressing questions about controversial funding and collaboration from the commercial fashion sector, and the limitations of producing exhibitions that are at the same time critical and popular. Bringing together approaches from fashion curators, designers and world-renowned academics, curation is positioned as a critical practice that opens up new ways of conceptualizing and theorizing fashion, challenging how we think and what we already know.
Full Product Details
Author: Professor Annamari Vänskä ,
Dr Hazel Clark
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Weight: 0.538kg
ISBN: 9781350105621
ISBN 10: 1350105627
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 21 December 2018
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Through the brilliant analysis of famous exhibitions and fruitful collaborations between artists and brands, critics, fashion curators and lecturers draw on the history of costume of the past 50 years. * GQ Italia (Bloomsbury Translation) * The informed contributions gathered in Fashion Curating give a thought-provoking and timely reflection on vital aspects of the discipline. -- Jeffrey Horsley, London College of Fashion, UK.
Author Information
Hazel Clark is Professor of Design Studies and Fashion Studies, and Research Chair of Fashion at Parsons School of Design, The New School, New York, USA. Annamari Vänskä is Professor of Fashion Research at the Aalto University, Finland, and Adjunct Professor of Art History and Gender Studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland. She is also a Visiting Professor at Shanghai College of Fashion, Donghua University, China.
