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Thematic archive · Fashion

Fashion and the ways we expressed who we were

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1980s

When Fashion Entered the Museum: Rattan Body and a Change of Perspective

The appearance of Rattan Body, by Issey Miyake and Koshige Shochikudo, on Artforum’s March 1982 cover provides a way to examine a broader change: the gradual arrival of contemporary fashion in museums as cultural expression, while acknowledging the material and curatorial limits involved in exhibiting and preserving garments.

1960s

Spanish dress, media, and social life from 1940 to 1970

A reading of fashion in Spain from the post-war years to the 1970s as material culture: garments, accessories, photographs, fashion plates, and magazines make it possible to study both dress and the channels that made it visible.