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Tartan
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- Book Synopsis
- An outstanding and comprehensive contribution to the history of Tartan. - Telegraph Featuring new insights and an additional chapter on masculinities, this updated edition of Tartan revitalizes discussions about the fabric's traditional, sentimental Highland origins and its deliberate subversion by contemporary designers. Tartan's history has made it uniquely capable of expressing both conformity and subversion, tradition and innovation. Through positioning tartan within broader philosophical, political and cultural contexts, from the tartan-clad Highland regiments and Queen Victoria's royal endorsement, to the fabric's influence on Westwood and McQueen and a generation of Japanese designers such as Watanabe and Takahashi, Jonathan Faiers traces tartan's development from clanship to contemporary fashion and its enormous domestic and global impact. Beautifully illustrated and weaving together a story out of history, art, music, film and fashion, Tartan demonstrates that this most traditional and radical fabric has become one of extraordinary versatility and far-reaching appeal.
- About The Author
- Jonathan Faiers is Professor of Fashion Thinking and Co-Director of the Winchester Luxury Research Group at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, UK. Jonathan's work explores the interface between popular culture, textiles and dress. His book Tartan (Berg, 2008) received considerable critical acclaim. He is the editor of the peer-reviewed academic journal Luxury: History, Culture, Consumption, a member of the V&A's Fashion Publishing Advisory Group Board, and a member of the Costume Colloquium Advisory Committee, Florence, Italy.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781350193772
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Visual Arts, (18 November 2021)
- Number of Pages
- 360
- Weight
- 1040 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 244 x 190 x 22 mm
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