Fashion Curating : Critical Practice in the Museum and Beyond

Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF PLATES -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION: FASHION CURATING IN THE MUSEUM AND BEYOND -- Notes -- References -- SECTION ONE INSIDE THE MUSEUM -- 1 CONFRONTING FASHION'S DEATH DRIVE: CONSERVATION, GHOST LABOR, AND THE MATERIAL TURN WITHIN FASHION CURATION -- Introduction -- The material turn and fashion -- Fashion conservation as ghost labor -- From background to foreground -- "The intuitive approach" -- The death drive of objects and the myth of neutrality -- Conclusion -- References -- 2 PERMANENCE AND IMPERMANENCE: CURATING WESTERN TEXTILES AND FASHION AT THE ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM -- Object research, selection, interpretation and exhibitions -- Building the collection, philosophy and research -- Exhibitions in the Patricia Harris Gallery of Textiles & Costume -- Making it different: exhibitions in a permanent gallery -- BIG, Fashion Follows Form and ¡Viva México!: 2012-2016 -- Note -- References -- 3 UNFAMILIAR PLACES, LOCAL VOICES: FOUR EMERGING CURATORIAL NARRATIVES IN AUSTRALIA (2010-2016) -- Local heroes-curating an Australian designer survey -- Fashion playgrounds-curating for children -- Performative curator-critique of fashion in the exhibition space -- Fashion destinations-exhibition as place branding -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4 FASHION CURATION AT MOMU: DIGITAL CHALLENGES -- Background -- MoMu Antwerp Fashion Museum -- Digital archives -- The digital introduced in MoMu's exhibitions -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- SECTION TWO THE INDEPENDENTS -- 5 PROPS AND OTHER ATTRIBUTES: FASHION AND EXHIBITION-MAKING -- Notes -- References -- 6 STAGING FASHION IN SOMERSET HOUSE, LONDON -- Introduction -- London as a global fashion city -- Somerset House