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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Book in excellent unread/unused condition. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Camp’s subver sion of established values has often been trivialized or mistaken as kitsch but Camp: Notes on Fashion reveals its profound and enduring influence on both high art and popular culture By tracing its evolution from seventeenth-century France and the court of Louis XIV at Versailles to the present day this publication and related exhibition explore the ironic sensi bilities of this audacious style. Organized by Andrew Bolton Wendy Yu Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute with the support of Karen Van Godtsenhoven Associate Curator and Amanda Garfinkel Assistant Curator the exhibition and this accompanying catalogue examine the origins of camp and outline its development and gradual acceptance from a site of marginality to a central position within mainstream culture. Susan Sontag’s 1964 essay “Notes on “Camp” provides the framework for an exploration of how fashion designers have used their metier ay a vehicle to engage with the camp aesthetic. (OS)