Name/Title
ITEMS : is fashion modern?Entry/Object ID
GT596.A57 2017Description
Items: Is Fashion Modern? presents 111 items of clothing and accessories that have had a profound impact on the world in the 20th and 21st centuries. Arranged A-Z encyclopedia-style, it includes designs as iconic as Levi's 501 jeans, the pearl necklace and Yves Saint Laurent's Le Smoking, and as ancient and rich as the sari, the Breton shirt, the kippah and the keffiyeh. The catalog accompanies the first fashion exhibition to be mounted at MoMA since 1944. An essay by curator Paola Antonelli opens the volume, highlighting the Museum's unique perspective on fashion and exploring the latter's role in the changing international landscape of design. The 111 texts that follow trace the history of each item in relation to cultural forces past and present, touching on labor, marketing, technology, religion, politics, aesthetics and popular culture, among many others. These concise essays are richly illustrated with a lively mix of archival images, fashion photography, film stills and documentary shots.Context
Published in conjunction with the exhibition Items: Is Fashion Modern?, organized by Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator and Michelle Millar Fisher, Curatorial assistant, Department of Architecture and Design, at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, October 1, 2017-January 28, 2018.Acquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Suzanne StassevitchNotes
Gift of Suzanne Stassevitch, August 2022.Lexicon
Search Terms
clothing and dress--20th century, clothing and dress--21st century, fashion--exhibitions, fashion--social aspects--history--20th century, fashion--social aspects--history--21st century, fashion and art--history--20th century, fashion and art--history--21st century, modernism (aesthetics)Legacy Lexicon
Category
Exhibition catalogBook Details
Author
Paola Antonelli, Museum of Modern Art (New York), Michelle Millar Fisher, Glenn D. LowryPublisher
Museum of Modern Art (New York)Date Published
2017ISBN
9781633450363, 1633450368LCCN
2017952659Notes
Length: 288General Notes
Note Type
ContentsNote
Foreword / Glenn D. Lowry -- Who's afraid of fashion? / Paola Antonelli -- Photo essay 1 / Catherine Losing -- 111 items / with texts by Luke Baker, Anna Burckhardt, Michelle Millar Fisher, Stephanie Kramer, Mei Mei Rado, and Jennifer Tobias : 501s -- A-POC queen -- Adidas superstar -- Air Force 1 -- Aran sweater -- Aviator sunglasses -- Backpack -- Balaclava -- Ballet flat -- Bandanna -- Baseball cap -- Beret -- Biker jacket -- Bikini -- Birkin bag -- Body meets dress, dress meets body -- Breton shirt -- Briefs -- Bucket hat -- Photo essay 2 / Monika Mogi -- Burkini -- Caftan -- Capri pants -- Cartier love bracelet -- Chanel no. 5 -- Cheongsam -- Chinos -- Clog -- Converse All Star -- Coppola -- Dashiki -- Diamond engagement ring -- Diamond stud -- Door-knocker earrings -- Down jacket -- Dr. Martens -- Dutch wax -- Espadrille -- Fanny pack -- Fitbit -- Fleece -- Flip-flop -- Fur coat -- Photo essay 3 / Omar Victor Diop -- Gore-Tex -- Graphic t-shirt -- Guayabera -- Harem pants -- Head wrap -- Headphones -- Hijab -- Hoodie -- Jumpsuit -- Keffiyeh -- Kente cloth -- Kilt -- Kippah -- Lapel pin -- Le smoking -- Leather pants -- Leotard -- Little black dress -- Loafer -- Manicure -- Mao jacket -- Miniskirt -- Monogram -- Photo essay 4 / Bobby Doherty -- Moon boot -- Oxford-cloth button-down shirt -- Panama hat -- Pearl necklace -- Pencil skirt -- Plaid flannel shirt -- Platform shoe -- Polo shirt -- Premaman -- Red lipstick -- Rolex -- Safari suit -- Safety pin -- Salwar Kameez -- Sari -- Seven easy pieces -- Shawl -- Shift dress -- Shirtdress -- Silk scarf -- Slip dress -- Snugli -- Photo essay 5 / Kristin-Lee Moolman -- Space age -- Spanx -- Speedo -- Sports jersey -- Stiletto -- Suit -- Sunscreen -- Surgical mask -- Swatch -- Tabi boot -- Tattoo -- Teva sandal -- Tie -- Tights -- Tracksuit -- Trench coat -- Turtleneck -- Unisex project -- White t-shirt -- Wonderbra -- Wrap dress -- Y-3 -- Yoga pants -- YSL Touche Éclat -- Prototype designers.