Handbags: The Making of a Museum
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (935 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300186185 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Five Stars" according to Lanna. Good. Amazon Customer said Five Stars. Good book catalog. A Superb Book Paula Higgins Judith Clark has done a magnificent job in acquiring and curating the collection for the Simone Handbag Museum in Seoul, South Korea. This book captures the end result, which is a collection that any purse collector or museum would admire. The beauty of this book also lies in its production values, which are supe
The project is a commission undertaken by experimental exhibition-maker Judith Clark, whose innovative practices are revealed in Handbags.Essays by leading fashion historians and an acclaimed psychoanalyst investigate the history of gesture, the psychoanalysis of bags, and the museum's state-of-the-art mannequins and archive cabinets. Perhaps the most universal item of fashionable adornment, it can also be elusive, an object of desire, secrecy, and even fear. The history of the handbag—its design, how it has been made, used, and wor
Adam Phillips is a psychoanalyst and writer. Claire Wilcox is senior fashion curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum.. Caroline Evans is professor of fashion history and theory at Central St. Martin's College of Art & Design. Amy de la Haye is professor of dress history and curatorship, Rootstein Hopkins Chair, at London College of Fashion. Judith Clark is professor of fashion and museology at London College of
Martin's College of Art & Design. Caroline Evans is professor of fashion history and theory at Central St. About the AuthorJudith Clark is professor of fashion and museology at London College of Fashion. Amy de la Haye is professor of dress history and curatorship, Rootstein Hopkins Chair, at London College of Fashion. Adam Phillips is a psychoanalyst and writer. Claire Wilcox is senior fashion curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum.