Full Description
The fashion show and its spaces are sites of otherness, representing everything from rebellion and excess through to political and social activism. This conceptual and stylistic variety is reflected in the spaces they occupy, whether they are staged in an industrial warehouse, on a city street, or out in the open landscape.
Staging Fashion is the first collection of essays about the presentation and staging of fashion in runway shows in the period from the 1960s to the 2010s. It offers a fresh perspective on the many collaborations between artists, architects and interior designers to reinforce their interdisciplinary links. Fashion, architecture and interiors share many elements, including design, history, material culture, aesthetics and trends. The research and ideas underpinning Staging Fashion address how fashion and the spatial fields have collaborated in the creation of the space of the fashion show.
The 15 essays are written by fashion, interior, architecture and design scholars focusing on the presentation of fashion within the runway space, from avant-garde practices and collaboration with artists, to the most spectacular and commercial shows of recent years, from Prada to Chanel.
Contents
Introduction
Part 1: Body and Space
1. Through the Looking Glass: Thom Browne and the Tailoring of a Queer Design - John Potvin
2. In His Own Words: Chalayan Speaks - Bradley Quinn
3. The Fashion Chamber as a Sealed Catwalk Installation - Adam Geczy and Vicky Karaminas
4. Savage Beauty - Justyna Stepien
5. Under the Skin: Designing Immersive Experiences in Fashion Display - Sarah Winter, Madeline Taylor, Kiara Bulley, Anna Hickey, Bianca Bulley
Part 2: Architecture and City
6. Staging the Fashion Show 1960 to the 21st Century - Tiziana Ferrero-Regis and Marissa Lindquist
7. 'It's a Sensation': Space and Affect within the Fashion Show - Marissa Lindquist
8. Industrial Chic: Fashion Shows in Ready-made Spaces - Per Stromberg
9. Not just another fashion show? Staging Fashion in Hong Kong's Alternative Neighbourhood Places and Spaces - Jennifer Craik and Anne Peirson-Smith
10. 'Too Difficult': Koolhaas, OMA and Prada at the Boundary of Fashion - Grant Klarich Johnson
11. Creativity, Corporeality and Collaboration: Staging Fashion with Giorgio Armani and Robert Wilson - Dirk Gindt and John Potvin
Part 3: Spectacle, Media and Space
12.The Construction of Social Relations in Chanel's Spectacular Shows - Tiziana Ferrero-Regis
13. New York Fashion Week as Mediatized Environment - Rebecca Halliday
14. Specularization of Fashion: Filmic Representations of the Runway - Mark Taylor and Juliette Peers
15. Fashion on Parade: Designing Glamour and Ordinariness at the British Beauty Contest - Alice Beard
Index
