Memos: On Fashion in This Millennium

Taking its inspiration from two precedents – Italo Calvino’s famous meditation on aesthetic properties Six Memos for the Next Millennium, and the legendary typewritten notes of Vogue editor Diana Vreeland – Memos offers a reflection on fashion curating and its uses of its various products – not only clothes, but also images (photography, magazines, ephemera) and words.Featured here, alongside supplementary materials, are clothes designed by Giorgio Armani, J.W. Anderson for Loewe, Arthur Arbesser, Demna Gvasalia for Balenciaga, Boboutic, Riccardo Tisci for Burberry, Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, Gabriele Colangelo, Maria Grazia Chiuri for Dior, Marco de Vincenzo, Fendi, Maria Sole Ferragamo, Paul Andrew for Ferragamo, Alessandro Michele for Gucci, Maison Martin Margiela, Francesco Risso for Marni, Noir for Moncler Genius, Moschino, MSGM, Fausto Puglisi, Prada, Pier Paolo Piccioli for Valentino, Giambattista Valli, Random Identities and Versace.
ISBN 9788829706648. Marsilio. hb. 192 pages. 80 colour. 16.5 x 24 cm.
available