Full Description
Fashion Game Changers traces radical innovations in Western fashion design from the beginning of the 20th century to the present.Challenging the traditional silhouettes of their day, fashion designers such as Madeleine Vionnet and Cristobal Balenciaga began to liberate the female body from the close-fitting hourglass forms which dominated European and American fashion, instead enveloping bodies in more autonomous garments which often took inspiration from beyond the West. As the century progressed, new generations of avant-garde designers from Rei Kawakubo to Martin Margiela further developed the ideas instigated by their predecessors to defy established notions of femininity in dress, creating space between body and garment. This way, a new relationship between body and dress emerged for the 21st century.With over 200 images and commentaries from an international range of leading fashion curators and historians, this beautifully illustrated book showcases some of the most revolutionary silhouettes and innovative designs of over 100 years of fashion.
Contents
1. Fashion Game ChangersIntroductionKaat Debo 2. Iconoclastic Visions of the Silhouette: Cristobal BalenciagaMiren Arzalluz3. Self-Taught and Experimental: A New Approach to the BodyKaren Van GodtsenhovenThe Inside View - Karin Dillen on Wearing Maison Martin MargielaHettie Judah4. Kindred Spirits: The Radical Poetry of Japanese and Belgian DesignersAnabela BechoThe Inside View - Liliane Lijn on Wearing Issey MiyakeHettie Judah5. The Discovery of Abstraction in Twentieth-Century FashionAkiko Fukai6. Shadows of the BodyOlivier Saillard7. Cultural Liberation Springing from Physical Liberation: Reception Study of the 1980s Avant-GardeHettie JudahThe Inside View - Isolde Pringiers on Wearing Commes des GarconsHettie Judah8. More Game Changers: Louise Boulanger, Andre Courreges, Pierre Cardin, Paco Rabanne, Georgina GodleyMiren Arzalluz, Karen Van Godtsenhoven and Alexandre SamsonEndnotesBibliographyNotes on ContributorsPhoto CreditsIndexAcknowledgements
