{"product_id":"9783960980308","title":"The Vulgar: Fashion Redefined","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis beautifully illustrated book brings together a selection of pieces spanning 500 years of fashion, with new texts and fascinating literary definitions by curator and exhibition-maker Judith Clark and psychoanalyst Adam Phillips. Taking the definitions as a starting point, more than 200 stunning images are also included, weaving together historic dress, haute couture and ready-to-wear fashion, textile ornamentation, manuscripts and photography. IllustratorAlice Smith adds exquisite emblems that animate the definitions.\u003cbr\u003eThe book includes dictionary definitions and literary quotes of the word vulgar alongside transcripts of interviews with leading contemporary designers, includingWalter Van Beirendonck,Manolo Blahnik,Hussein Chalayan,Pam Hogg,Stephen Jones,Christian LacroixandZandra Rhodes, and works by Chloé, Christian Dior, Pam Hogg, Charles James, Christian Lacroix, Lanvin, Moschino, Miuccia Prada, Elsa Schiaparelli, Philip Treacy, UNDERCOVER, Walter Van Beirendonck, Viktor \u0026amp; Rolf, Louis Vuitton and Vivienne Westwood.\u003cbr\u003ePotent, provocative and sometimes shocking, the word vulgar conjures up strong images, ideas and feelings in us all.\u003ci\u003eThe Vulgar: Fashion Redefined\u003c\/i\u003econsiders this inherently challenging but utterly compelling territory of taste. It questions notions of vulgarity in fashion while reveling in its excesses, and invites the reader to think again about what makes something vulgar and why it is such a sensitive and contested term.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Koenig Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47038732763376,"sku":"9783960980308","price":46.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783960980308_p0.jpg?v=1763762144","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783960980308","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}