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AngloMania
tradition and transgression in British fashion
By Bolton, Andrew & Koda, Harold
- ISBN
- 978-0-30011-785-1
- Publisher
- New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; c2006.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on March 5, 2007
Published to accompany a show of the same name at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, this handsome book explores the British fashion industry's genius for drawing upon its past to reinvent the future, often with a postmodern, nearly apocalyptic, flair. In Buruma's introductory essay-a proper academic examination that belies the playfulness of the material-he insists that in England, "dressing up has become a free-for-all ... most of the codes and...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
