Selected by our book buyer Anni, our Read of the Month for June looks at the stylistic choices of our favourite artists.
"An utterly absorbing book that weaves together social, fashion and art history to give real insight into a significant aspect of artists lives that’s so often overlooked by conventional biographies."
In What Artists Wear, style luminary Charlie Porter takes us on an invigorating, eye-opening journey through the iconic outfits worn by artists, in the studio, on stage, at work, at home and at play. From Yves Klein's spotless tailoring to the kaleidoscopic costumes of Yayoi Kusama and Cindy Sherman; from Andy Warhol's signature denim to Charlotte Prodger's casualwear, Porter's roving eye picks out the magical, revealing details in the clothes he encounters, weaving together a new way of understanding artists, and of dressing ourselves.
Part love letter, part guide to chic, and featuring generous photographic spreads, What Artists Wear is both a manual and a manifesto, a radical, gleeful, inspiration to see the world anew-and find greater pleasure and possibility in the clothes we all wear.
https://shop.royalacademy.org.uk/what-artists-wear-pb33237What Artists Wear by Charlie Porterhttps://shop.royalacademy.org.uk/media/catalog/product/w/h/what-artists-wear-web.jpg14.9914.99GBPInStock/Reading/All Books262<p>Selected by our book buyer Anni, our Read of the Month for June looks at the stylistic choices of our favourite artists.</p>
<p>"An utterly absorbing book that weaves together social, fashion and art history to give real insight into a significant aspect of artists lives that’s so often overlooked by conventional biographies."</p>
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<p>Part love letter, part guide to chic, and featuring generous photographic spreads, <em>What Artists Wear</em> is both a manual and a manifesto, a radical, gleeful, inspiration to see the world anew-and find greater pleasure and possibility in the clothes we all wear.</p></div></div></div><style>#html-body [data-pb-style="61DD3E6750255"]{justify-content: flex-start; display: flex; flex-direction: column; background-position: left top; background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: scroll; border-style: none; border-width: 1px; border-radius: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px;}#html-body [data-pb-style="61DD3E675025D"]{border-style: none; border-width: 1px; border-radius: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;}</style>00add-to-cartstore_type:ShopShopPaperback18 x 2.8 x 11cm9780141991252376No
