{"product_id":"viscose-journal-6","title":"Viscose Journal - Vol. 6","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eViscose\u003c\/em\u003e is one of several magazines—think \u003cem\u003eVestoj\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNovella\u003c\/em\u003e— addressing the theoretical rather than commercial side of fashion.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis sixth issue is themed Text, exploring ‘fashion as constructed through words, language and writing, and the immense conceptual scope (for exploration, experimentation, and critique) of such a practice.’ \u003c\/strong\u003eTypically format-bending, this edition may be more traditionally bookish but is beautifully produced nonetheless. A scanned and hand-annotated copy of the introduction makes for the front cover, while the back reads as an imaginary facsimile of this issue's covers and spine (were it a beaten up leather book). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis interplay between reproduction and the aesthetics of writing continues inside, with a number of previously published texts from fashion designers and writers—Elizabeth Hawe's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eI Say its Spinach\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1938); Yohji Yamamoto's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy Dear Bomb\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2010); Liane Keen's diagrammatic rules for dressing from 1965—scanned and sitting alongside contributions by Dal Chodha, Jamaica Kincaid, Julie Peeters (editor of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBILL\u003c\/em\u003e), Bruno Zhou, Derek McCormack, and more;\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e‘a milieu of of experimental, fictocritical, and poetic approaches that widen the horizons of fashion and style.’ \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e237 pages | 17 x 24 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"VISCOSE JOURNAL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46538339975400,"sku":"","price":44.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0386\/5896\/5549\/files\/Screen_Shot_2024-07-17_at_12.08.27_PM.png?v=1721232552","url":"https:\/\/typebooks.live\/products\/viscose-journal-6","provider":"TYPE Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}