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Zusatztext Scholarly yet accessible, Critical Fashion Practice offers a close critical and contextual reading of key, late 20th-century designers' oeuvres; its innovative theoretical analysis and in-depth case studies make this an original addition to the field. Informationen zum Autor Adam Geczy is an artist and writer who teaches at Sydney College of the Arts at the University of Sydney, Australia. Vicki Karaminas is Professor of Fashion and Director of Doctoral Studies in the School of Design, Massey University, New Zealand, and Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre of Visual Arts, University of Melbourne, Australia. Vorwort Bringing together a range of contemporary fashion designers whose conceptual collections challenge, critique and comment on society, this book argues that, today, there is an emerging space for social criticism within the fashion system itself. Zusammenfassung There is a new form of design practice within the contemporary fashion industry which is active in complex forms of social commentary and critique. While fashion in the modernist era has shown signs of criticism and subversion, these were either in the form of subcultures or perversions, such as punk or BDSM styling. Today, however, these genres have been absorbed into the fashion industry itself, meaning that “critical fashion” is now far from limited to the subcultures from which it came. This book explores this new space for criticism within the popular fashion sphere to demonstrate how designers are disrupting conventions, challenging beliefs and stirring change from within the system itself. Critical Fashion Practice considers a range of contemporary designers across the globe, from the US to Japan, whose conceptual designs embody this critical language, including case studies such as Rei Kawakubo’s deconstructive silhouettes for Comme des Garçons and Walter Van Beirendonck’s sadomasochistic menswear collections, amongst other key players such as Miuccia Prada, Vivienne Westwood and Viktor & Rolf. Arguing that the rise of critical fashion coincides with a noticeable decline in the criticality of art, Geczy and Karaminas go beyond slotting fashion into previously established art theories. Conceiving a new cultural role for fashion that affords insight into identity, class, race, sexuality and gender, this book shows how fashion can not only reflect and comment on, but can also be a part of social change. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: From Subculture to High Culture1. Vivienne Westwood’s Unruly Resistance2. Rei Kawakubo’s Deconstructive Silhouette 3. Gareth Pugh’s Corporeal Uncommensurabilities 4. Miuccia Prada’s Industrial Materialism5. Aitor Throup’s Anatomical Narratives6. Viktor and Rolf’s Conceptual Immaterialities7. Rad Hourani’s Queer Agnostics8. Rick Owens’ Gender Performativities9. Walter Van Beirendock’s Hybrid Science FictionsConclusion: How Fashion Conquered Art BibliographyIndex...
