CAMP: Notes on Fashion

Althoughanelusiveconcept,“camp”canbefoundinmostformsofartisticexpression,revealingitselfthroughanaestheticofdeliberatestylization.Fashionisoneofthemostovertandenduringconduitsofthecampaesthetic.Asasitefortheplayfuldynamicsbetweenhighartandpopularculture,fashionbothembracesandexpressessuchcampmodesofenactmentasirony,humor,parody,pastiche,artifice,theatricality,andexaggeration.DrawingfromSusanSontag’sseminalessay“NotesonCamp,”thebookexploreshowfashiondesignershaveusedtheirmétierasavehicletoengagewiththecampaestheticincompelling,humorous,andsometimesincongruousways.Asasartorialmanifestationofthecampsensibility,thisthought-provokingpublicationcontributesnewtheoreticalandconceptualinsightsintothecampcanonthroughtextsandimages.StunningnewphotographybyJohnnyDuforthighlightsworksbysuchfashiondesignersasVirgilAbloh,ThomBrowne,Jean-CharlesdeCastelbajac,JohnGalliano,JeanPaulGaultier,MarcJacobs,KarlLagerfeld,AlessandroMichele,FrancoMoschino,MiucciaPrada,RichardQuinn,YvesSaintLaurent,ElsaSchiaparelli,JeremyScott,AnnaSui,GianniVersace,andVivienneWestwood.BookI:184pages;BookII:162pages