CAMP Notes on Fashion The Met 2019

CAMP Notes on Fashion By Andrew Bolton 2019 hard cover The Met -2019 No longer in Print. Used in good condition Minor dented corners and a few flaws Shown on pictures Feel free to ask any questions The book was curated by Andrew Bolton, the head curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, and served as the companion to the 2019 Met Gala exhibition of the same name. with contributions by Fabio Cleto, Karen van Godtsenhoven and Amanda Garfinkel This is a beautifully made book Designers from Galliano Gautier Versace Karl Lagerfeld Prada YSL Marc Jacobs Vivienne Westwood Anna Sui and many more It draws inspiration from Susan Sontag's seminal 1964 essay “Notes on 'Camp'”. The publication explores how designers have used fashion as a vehicle to engage with the camp aesthetic through elements like irony, humor, artifice, and exaggeration. The book features new photography and texts that contribute new theoretical and conceptual insights into the camp canon.