PRINTED MATTER / Book
Dirty Looks: Desire and Decay in Fashion
An anthology on what fashion does with dirt — the stain and the worn patch promoted to ornament, rebellion and proof of a life lived in the clothes. Westwood, McQueen and Margiela sit alongside arguments about waste, luxury and the ecological bind.
Edited by Jon Astbury and Karen Van Godtsenhoven, with essays by Caroline Evans, Akiko Fukai, Lou Stoppard and Sara Arnold and photographs by Ellen Sampson.
- Format
- Book
- Year
- 2025
- Publisher
- SPBH Editions, with the Barbican
- Pages
- 280
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781917651127
- Digital access
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- Page 1: Title spread ↗
- Page 2: Essay opening, with a ruined interior ↗
- Page 3: Fibrous and shredded garments, two plates ↗
- Page 4: Two figures behind gauze ↗
- Page 5: Landfill, across the spread ↗
- Page 6: Portfolio divider — Ellen Sampson ↗
- Page 7: Yellow growth on cloth, two plates ↗
- Page 8: Frost on folds, and a soiled scarf ↗