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        The Sound of Fashion Thinking

        The Sound of Fashion Thinking

        The Sound of Fashion Thinking

        by Jonathan Faiers

        ISBN: 9781915609700

        Publisher: Sternberg Press

        Pub Date: December 2, 2025

        Sonic responses to garments and fabrics that explore the concept of Fashion Thinking.
        Bat Girls and Acid Boys

        Bat Girls and Acid Boys

        Bat Girls and Acid Boys

        The Spontaneous Drawings of Leigh Bowery & Friends

        Edited by Richard Torry

        Foreword by Jonny Trunk

        ISBN: 9781917319003

        Publisher: Strange Attractor Press

        Pub Date: May 20, 2025

        120 vivid "exquisite corpse" drawings made by the outrageous artist, performer, and designer Leigh Bowery with friends and collaborators during the 1980s and 1990s.
        Wearable Utopias

        Wearable Utopias

        Wearable Utopias

        Imagining, Inventing, and Inhabiting New Worlds

        Edited by Kat Jungnickel, Ellen Fowles, Katja May and Nikki Pugh

        ISBN: 9780262548250

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: September 24, 2024

        A collection of thought-provoking interviews with cutting-edge designers who transform ordinary wearables into extraordinary sites of personal expression, public engagement, and radical political action.
        Beyond Vanity

        Beyond Vanity

        Beyond Vanity

        The History and Power of Hairdressing

        by Elizabeth L. Block

        ISBN: 9780262049054

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: September 10, 2024

        From the award-winning author of Dressing Up, a riveting and diverse history of women's hair that reestablishes the cultural power of hairdressing in nineteenth-century America.
        No Dandy, No Fun

        No Dandy, No Fun

        No Dandy, No Fun

        Looking Good as Things Fall Apart

        by Hans-Christian Dany and Valérie Knoll

        Edited by Valérie Knoll and Hannes Loichinger

        ISBN: 9783956795619

        Publisher: Sternberg Press

        Pub Date: February 13, 2024

        A cultural examination of the enigmatically iconic figure of the Dandy, both in history and as a figure for the future.
        Playful Wearables

        Playful Wearables

        Playful Wearables

        Understanding the Design Space of Wearables for Games and Related Experiences

        by Oğuz Buruk, Ella Dagan, Katherine Isbister, Elena Márquez Segura and Theresa Jean Tanenbaum

        ISBN: 9780262546911

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: January 2, 2024

        An expert introduction to the world of “playful wearables” and their design, with a wide range of engaging examples, case studies, and exercises.
        Mondrian’s Dress

        Mondrian’s Dress

        Mondrian’s Dress

        Yves Saint Laurent, Piet Mondrian, and Pop Art

        by Nancy J. Troy and Ann Marguerite Tartsinis

        ISBN: 9780262048354

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 24, 2023

        An extraordinary look at how the style of Piet Mondrian's abstract paintings was posthumously appropriated by 1960s fashion, Pop art, and consumer culture.
        London Couture and the Making of a Fashion Centre

        London Couture and the Making of a Fashion Centre

        London Couture and the Making of a Fashion Centre

        by Michelle Jones

        ISBN: 9780262046572

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: April 12, 2022

        How design collaboration, networks, and narratives contributed to the establishment of a recognized English couture industry in the 1930s and 1940s.
        Dressing Up

        Dressing Up

        Dressing Up

        The Women Who Influenced French Fashion

        by Elizabeth L. Block

        ISBN: 9780262045841

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 19, 2021

        How wealthy American women—as consumers and as influencers—helped shape French couture of the late nineteenth century; lavishly illustrated.
        Glitterworlds

        Glitterworlds

        Glitterworlds

        The Future Politics of a Ubiquitous Thing

        by Rebecca Coleman

        ISBN: 9781912685387

        Publisher: Goldsmiths Press

        Pub Date: May 19, 2020

        An original examination of the ubiquity of glitter—from bodily adornment to activist glitter bombing—and its vibrant and transformational properties.
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