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Camp : notes on fashion / Andrew Bolton with Karen Van Godtsenhoven and Amanda Garfinkel ; introduction by Fabio Cleto ; Notes on "camp" (1964) by Susan Sontag ; photographs by Johnny Dufort.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2019]Distributor: New Haven ; London : Distributed by Yale University Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 183 pages, 68 leaves (some folded) : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 31 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781588396686
  • 1588396681
Other title:
  • Camp
  • Notes on fashion
Related works:
  • Container of (expression): Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004. Notes on "Camp."
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Volume II Notes on fashion.
Summary: Although an elusive concept, "camp" can be found in most forms of artistic expression, revealing itself through an aesthetic of deliberate stylization. Fashion is one of the most overt and enduring conduits of the camp aesthetic. As a site for the playful dynamics between high art and popular culture, fashion both embraces and expresses such camp modes of enactment as irony, humor, parody, pastiche, artifice, theatricality, and exaggeration. Drawing from Susan Sontag's seminal essay "Notes on 'camp,'" the book explores how fashion designers have used their metier as a vehicle to engage with the camp aesthetic in compelling, humorous, and sometimes incongruous ways. As a sartorial manifestation of the camp sensibility, this thought-provoking publication contributes new theoretical and conceptual insights into the camp canon through texts and images. Stunning new photography by Johnny Dufort highlights works by such fashion designers as Virgil Abloh, Thom Browne, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier, Marc Jacobs, Karl Lagerfeld, Alessandro Michele, Franco Moschino, Miuccia Prada, Richard Quinn, Yves Saint Laurent, Elsa Schiaparelli, Jeremy Scott, Anna Sui, Gianni Versace, and Vivienne Westwood.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

What is "camp"? Drawing from Susan Sontag's seminal essay, this striking volume explores its meaning and its expression in fashion from its origins to today



"[An] amazing catalogue. . . . Extraordinary."--Christiane Amanpour, CNN



Although an elusive concept, "camp" can be found in most forms of artistic expression, revealing itself through an aesthetic of deliberate stylization. Fashion is one of the most overt and enduring conduits of the camp aesthetic. As a site for the playful dynamics between high art and popular culture, fashion both embraces and expresses such camp modes of enactment as irony, humor, parody, pastiche, artifice, theatricality, and exaggeration.



Drawing from Susan Sontag's seminal essay "Notes on Camp," the book explores how fashion designers have used their métier as a vehicle to engage with the camp aesthetic in compelling, humorous, and sometimes incongruous ways. As a sartorial manifestation of the camp sensibility, this thought-provoking publication contributes new theoretical and conceptual insights into the camp canon through texts and images. Stunning new photography by Johnny Dufort highlights works by such fashion designers as Virgil Abloh, Thom Browne, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier, Marc Jacobs, Karl Lagerfeld, Alessandro Michele, Franco Moschino, Miuccia Prada, Richard Quinn, Yves Saint Laurent, Elsa Schiaparelli, Jeremy Scott, Anna Sui, Gianni Versace, and Vivienne Westwood.



Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press



Exhibition Schedule:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
(05/06/19-09/23/19)

Catalog of an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 9-September 8, 2019.

Includes bibliographical references.

Two parts bound to one cover. One part (183 pages), comprised of texts and illustrations, opens horizontally; one part (68 leaves), comprised of illustrations, opens vertically.

"The exhibition is made possible by Gucci. Additional support is provided by Condé Nast"--Colophon.

Although an elusive concept, "camp" can be found in most forms of artistic expression, revealing itself through an aesthetic of deliberate stylization. Fashion is one of the most overt and enduring conduits of the camp aesthetic. As a site for the playful dynamics between high art and popular culture, fashion both embraces and expresses such camp modes of enactment as irony, humor, parody, pastiche, artifice, theatricality, and exaggeration. Drawing from Susan Sontag's seminal essay "Notes on 'camp,'" the book explores how fashion designers have used their metier as a vehicle to engage with the camp aesthetic in compelling, humorous, and sometimes incongruous ways. As a sartorial manifestation of the camp sensibility, this thought-provoking publication contributes new theoretical and conceptual insights into the camp canon through texts and images. Stunning new photography by Johnny Dufort highlights works by such fashion designers as Virgil Abloh, Thom Browne, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier, Marc Jacobs, Karl Lagerfeld, Alessandro Michele, Franco Moschino, Miuccia Prada, Richard Quinn, Yves Saint Laurent, Elsa Schiaparelli, Jeremy Scott, Anna Sui, Gianni Versace, and Vivienne Westwood.

Volume II Notes on fashion.

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