Items: Is Fashion Modern?

Product Description An encyclopaedic selection of 111 garments, footwear, and accessories – from humble masterpieces to high fashion – that have had a strong impact on society in the 20th and 21st centuries and continue to hold currency today. Published to accompany the first major exhibition on fashion design at The Museum of Modern Art since 1944, Items: Is Fashion Modern? presents 111 iconic garments, footwear and accessories that have strongly influenced society in the 20th and 21st- centuries and continue to hold currency today. Organized alphabetically as a reference book, the publication examines the ways in which these items are designed, manufactured, distributed and used, while exploring the wide range of relationships between clothing and functionality, cultural etiquettes, aesthetics, politics and technology. Designs as wellknown and transformative as the Levi’s 501s, the pearl necklace, the sari and Yves Saint Laurent’s Le Smoking – and as ancient and historically rich as the Breton sweater, the kippah, and the keffiyeh – are included, allowing for exploration of the numerous issues these items have produced and shaped over many decades. Richly illustrated with historical and archival imagery as well as newly commissioned photography from Omar Victor Diop, Bobby Doherty, Catherine Losing, Monika Mogi and Kristin-Lee Moolman, Items reflects not only on fashion’s power and social history, but also on its design construct and staying power, in order to understand what of the system of fashion should remain for generations to come – and what alterations need to be made to ensure a tenable future for this arena that touches us all. Review ...along with ta Louis Vuitton one of similar size and shape, are what the museum chose as examples of Monograms. The criteria? They had to have changed the world.--Emilia Petrarca "New York Magazine, the Cut" ...an investigation of 111 garments and accessories that have had a profound effect on the world over the last century...runs the gamut from Levi's 501 jeans and Nike's Air Force 1s to Chanel No. 5's bottle and a Vivienne Westwood x Louis Vuitton fanny pack.--Lisa Lockwood "WWD" ...asks a question whose answer lands squarely in the sensibility of the know-it-all now-ness that is New York City.--Peggy Roalf "Ai-Ap" ...explores the present, past - and sometimes the future - of 111 items of clothing and accessories that have had a strong impact on the world in the 20th and 21st centuries - and continue to hold currency today. Among them are pieces as well-known and transformative as the Levi's 501s, the Breton shirt, and the Little Black Dress, and as ancient and culturally charged as the sari, the pearl necklace, the kippah, and the keffiyeh.-- "It's Liquid" ...it also brings into the fold iconic non-Western staples, such as the sari and the dashiki. Antonelli says the show addresses questions of sustainability, gender, and the means (and problems) of industrial production in a globalized world.--Felix Burrichter "W" ...it's a fun and informative walk down memory lane. With "Items: Is Fashion Modern?" opening Oct. 1, the museum explores iconic fashion/accessories items, many of which received cult status and essentially changed the fashion landscape ...--Lauren Parker "Accesories Magazine" ...more than merely a tracking of trends, Antonelli and her team sought to address industry issues ranging from sustainability and labor practices to diversity and religious modesty.--Stephen Sporn "Hollywood Reporter" ...taken garment by garment, it is full of wonderful rabbit holes of narrative and information.--Guy Trebay "New York Times" Colin Kaepernick's jersey is now on display at the MoMA...His 49ers jersey will be part of a section dedicated to sports's influence on fashion.--Ben Dandridge-Lemco "Fader" Items: Is Fashion Modern? At MOMA will highlight 111 iconic garments and accessories that have become paragons of Design.--Melissa Ogier "The Garbwire" MoMA has identified