"Game Over! Fashion & Play", the International Library of Fashion Research’s third exhibition project, showcases a selection of
fun, playful and entertaining publications, invitations, lookbooks and other ephemeral materials that take the form of a game or toy.
By showcasing these whimsical and amusing objects, the exhibition aims to raise issues in relation to the world of children and its
tricky connection to the fashion system, to gendered and stereotyped identities, and to virtual and alternative realities, by posing the question:
to what extent is fashion a game?
Contributions by Shahan Assadourian, Carolina Davalli, Geir Haraldseth, Morna Laing, Morteza Vaseghi and Luis Venegas.
softcover
28 pages
150 x 240 mm
2023
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.
Founded in Tokyo in 2010, twelvebooks is a distributor specializing in art books.
As the exclusive Japanese representative for selected international publishers, twelvebooks manages the distribution
and promotion of their publications with a vision of making art books more widely accessible.
twelvebooks is also involved in various art book initiatives, including organizing the TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR.
In November 2024, twelvebooks opened SKWAT/twelvebooks in Nishikameari, Katsushika, a space that offers public access to its storage warehouse.