‘Decentralizing Fashion' is published in correspondence with the inaugural Fashion Research Symposium.
Co-organized by the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, and International Library of Fashion Research,
the symposium is a two-day event for fashion research, knowledge-sharing, and critical discourse.
The theme for 2022 is 'Decentralizing Fashion, and it builds on the research project "Norwegian Fashion: Cultural Production and Aesthetic
Mediational Practices." 'Decentralizing Fashion' considers fashion practice in the comparatively small creative ecosystems that exist around the world.
It opens up a dialogue on concentration and dispersion, on center and periphery in fashion.
How can places other than the established "fashion capitals" be central in artistic or creative development?
Could fashion thrive in unlikely localities?
Can fashion exist anywhere?
Contributors include ALL-IN, Dal Chodha, Else Skälvoll Thorenfeldt, Ida Eritsland, Jeppe Ugelvig, Kaat Debo, Marco Pecorari, Micah Tafari,
Michelle Papillion, Namkyu Chun, Shala Monroque, Synne Skjulstad and Véronique Pouillard.
softcover
86 pages
150 x 240 mm
2022
published by INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF FASHION RESEARCH
International Library of Fashion Research (ILFR) is a specialized fashion library founded in 2020 by Norwegian editor Elise By Olsen,
based in Oslo and partnered with the National Museum of Norway. It opened physically in November 2022 in the historic
Station Master’s House, offering free public access to an ever-growing collection of fashion-related printed materials—
from lookbooks and show invitations to ephemera dating back to the 1970s.
ILFR preserves ephemeral fashion print culture and brings it to life through exhibitions, talks, a Fashion Research Symposium,
public programs, and digital archives accessible globally.
Its collection has grown through donations from prominent fashion houses and publishers such as
Hermès, Comme des Garçons, M/M (Paris), and KD Presse.
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twelvebooks is also involved in various art book initiatives, including organizing the TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR.
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