The first monograph to do so, Giorgio Armani: Empire of the Senses examines the visual, material, phenomenological, spatial, discursive, and economic culture of Giorgio Armani and his lifestyle empire. The book explores how Armani's designs and decisions provide a surface on and through which to mediate acts of translation: from East to West; from fashion to art; from one gendered identity to another; and from two-dimensional image to three-dimensional object.
The first monograph to do so, Giorgio Armani: Empire of the Senses examines the visual, material, phenomenological, spatial, discursive, and economic culture of Giorgio Armani and his lifestyle empire. The book explores how Armani's designs and decisions provide a surface on and through which to mediate acts of translation: from East to West; from fashion to art; from one gendered identity to another; and from two-dimensional image to three-dimensional object.
John Potvin is Associate Professor at Concordia University, Montreal. In addition to several essays and articles, he is the author of Material and Visual Cultures Beyond Male Bonding, 1880-1914 (2008). He is also the editor of The Places and Spaces of Fashion (2009) and co-editor of Material Cultures, 1740-1920: The Meanings and Pleasures of Collecting (2009) and Fashion, Interior Design and the Contours of Modern Identity (2010).
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Contents: Introduction: Made in Milan Armani/mystique: building empire Armani/America: haptic pleasures Armani/industry: fashioning finance Armani/menswear: tailoring masculinity Armani/womenswear: hybrid modernity Armani/space: boutique cultures Armani/theatre: in the 'church of Armani' Select bibliography Index.
Contents: Introduction: Made in Milan Armani/mystique: building empire Armani/America: haptic pleasures Armani/industry: fashioning finance Armani/menswear: tailoring masculinity Armani/womenswear: hybrid modernity Armani/space: boutique cultures Armani/theatre: in the 'church of Armani' Select bibliography Index.
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