Research Catalog

Title

Fashioning masculinities : the art of menswear / edited by Rosalind McKever & Claire Wilcox ; with Marta Franceschini ; [contributors, Christopher Breward, Gus Casely-Hayford [and 20 others]].

Publication

• London : V&A Publishing, [2022]
• [New York City?] : Distributed in North America by Abrams : imprint of Abrams
• ©2022

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• McKever, Rosalind
• Wilcox, Claire
• Franceschini, Marta, 1959-
• Breward, Christopher, 1965-
• Casely-Hayford, Gus
• Victoria and Albert Museum, host institution.

Description

272 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (some color); 32 cm

Summary

"At a moment of unprecedented creativity in men's fashion, and continuing reflections on gender, contemporary designers are questioning established forms, seeking to liberate wearers from traditional models of masculine dress. This book combines fashion with artistic and broader cultural histories ­- looking at the designers, tailors and artists who have constructed and performed masculinity from the Renaissance to the present day. It traces connections across and beyond European menswear, celebrating both rich traditions and daring individualists. Divided into three parts, Undressed reveals the role of the body and underwear in fashioning masculinities. Overdressed explores the power dynamics of sartorial bravado, while Redressed deconstructs a modern masculine uniform: the black suit. Featuring a staggering range of cultural touchstones from Hercules to Virgil Abloh, Giovanni Battista Moroni to Jawaharlal Nehru, Yves Saint Laurent to Kehinde Wiley, Marcus Rashford, Marlene Dietrich and even Captain America, Fashioning Masculinities challenges our preconceptions about menswear, revealing the fascinating historical roots beneath the power, artistry and diversity of masculine attire and appearance today."--Amazon.ca.

Alternative Title

Art of menswear

Subject

• Men's clothing > Exhibitions
• Fashion design > Exhibitions
• Men > Identity > Exhibitions
• Masculine beauty (Aesthetics) > Exhibitions
• Masculinity > Exhibitions
• Fashion design
• Men's clothing

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• Published to accompany the exhibition Fashioning Masculinities : the Art of Menswear from 19 March to 6 November 2022 at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-266) and index.

Contents

Sponsor's foreword / Alessandro Michele -- Director's foreword / Tristram Hunt -- Do clothes make the man? / Rosalind McKever -- Undressed. Marble marvels and classical ideals / Sarah Goldsmith -- A polished impression / Alun Withey -- Behind clothes: fashioning men at the museum / Satish Padiyar -- A developed physique / Zorian Clayton -- Underpinnings: the next best thing to naked / Shaun Cole -- Overdressed. Young Englishmen behaving badly (and dressing outrageously) / Susan North -- A well-turned leg / Elisabeth Gernerd -- Braggadocio: a brief history of swagger / Elizabeth Currie -- Fine and dandy / Claire Wilcox -- Sartorial encounters: the kimono and masculine style / Anna Jackson -- Orlando as a boyette / Rosalind McKever -- A hibiscus print / Cher Potter -- Redressed. Monochrome man / Christopher Breward -- A full Monty / Miriam Phelan -- A suitable hat / Oriole Cullen -- The hybrid of it all: the making of black British style / Ekow Eshun -- A tailored sari / Avalon Fotheringham -- A broken suit / Marta Franceschini -- The jacket eroded, borrowed, evolved / Alistair O'Neill -- What ever happened to contemporary menswear? / Charlie Porter -- Epilogue / Gus Casely-Hayford -- Fashioning the future -- Afterword / Virgil Abloh.

Call Number

JQG 22-1055

ISBN

• 9781838510114
• 1838510117

LCCN

2020479905

OCLC

1295111665

Title

Fashioning masculinities : the art of menswear / edited by Rosalind McKever & Claire Wilcox ; with Marta Franceschini ; [contributors, Christopher Breward, Gus Casely-Hayford [and 20 others]].

Publisher

London : V&A Publishing, [2022]

Distributor

[New York City?] : Distributed in North America by Abrams : imprint of Abrams

Copyright Date

©2022

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-266) and index.

Added Author

McKever, Rosalind, editor.

Wilcox, Claire, editor.

Franceschini, Marta, 1959- editor.

Breward, Christopher, 1965- contributor.

Casely-Hayford, Gus, contributor.

Victoria and Albert Museum, host institution.

Research Call Number

JQG 22-1055