MoMA Items: Is Fashion Modern? Hardcover Book
Product Description
Items: Is Fashion Modern? is the exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with the landmark fashion exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art—the museum’s first fashion exhibition since 1944.
Curated by Paola Antonelli, the book presents a unique museum perspective on fashion, exploring its role within an ever-evolving design landscape.
The publication features 111 essays arranged alphabetically, examining iconic clothing and accessories through diverse lenses including production, marketing, technology, politics, religion, aesthetics, and popular culture. Richly illustrated with archival imagery, fashion photography, film stills, and documentary images, the book also includes newly commissioned photographic portfolios that bring vibrant creative energy to the project.
Editors: Paola Antonelli, Michelle Millar Fisher
Contributors include Luke Baker, Anna Burckhardt, Stephanie Kramer, Mei Mei Rado, and Jennifer Tobias.
The exhibition Items: Is Fashion Modern? (Oct 1, 2017 – Jan 28, 2018) showcased 111 items that have had a significant impact on global culture in the 20th and 21st centuries—from Levi's 501 Jeans to traditional garments like the sari, as well as timeless accessories such as pearl necklaces and the keffiyeh.
✅ Features
- MoMA exhibition catalogue
- Covers 111 iconic fashion items
- Multidisciplinary analysis of fashion and design
- Includes over 500 illustrations
- Rich visual and textual content
✅ Specifications
- Material: Paper
- Pages: 288
✅ Size
cm
- 21 × 2.7 × 26 cm
Inches
- 8.27 × 1.06 × 10.24 in