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*020  $a0-300-10192-9
*020  $z0-300-10138-4 (titelsidans baksida)
*035  $a(Ko)18341
*084  $aIhk
*1001 $aEvans, Caroline.
*24510$aFashion at the edge :$bspectacle, modernity and deathliness  /$cCaroline Evans.
*260  $aNew Haven, Conn. ;$aLondon  :$bYale University Press ,$c2003.
*300  $avii, 326 p.
*650 4$aMode
*650 4$apsykologiska aspekter
*650 4$aMode
*650 4$asociala aspekter
*650 4$aModedesigner
*650 4$aFashion.
*650 4$aDeath in art.
*8520 $cTEXTIL - Ihk
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What do images of illness, vampirism, wounds, and addiction say about contemporary fashion? representations of death, trauma, alienation, and decay. This book looks closely at this strand of fashion design in the 1990s, exploring what its disturbing themes tell us about consumer culture and contemporary anxieties. Caroline Evans analyses the work of experimental designers, the images of fashion photographers, and the spectacular fashion shows that developed in the final decade of the 20th century to arrive at a new understanding of fashion's dark side and what it signifies. in unprecedented depth and detail, including the work of such current designers as John Galliano, Alexander McQueen, Hussein Chalayan, and Viktor & Rolf. Contrasting images by photographers like Steven Meisel, Nick Knight, and Juergen Teller are also reviewed. Drawing on diverse perspectives from Marx to Walter Benjamin, Evans shows that fashion stands at the very centre of the contemporary, and that it voices some of Western culture's deepest concerns.