Table of Contents

Contents Introduction Fashion and the Built Environment Yeohlee Teng Lucy Orta Hussein Chalayan Twenty-first-century Bodies Tristan Webber Alexander McQueen Hussein Chalayan Surveillance Simon Thorogood Vexed Generation Katrina Barillova Cybercouture Pia Myrvold nothing nothing Grey Area Intelligent Fashion i-Wear Electric Embroidery Sensory Signals Techno Medicine Military Intelligence Working Intelligence Transformables Bits and Pieces: Patrick Cox, Galya Rosenfeld and John Ribbe John Ribbe C P Company Kosuke Tsumura: Final Home Jeff Griffin Japanese Innovation Rei Kawakubo Yohji Yamamoto Issey Miyake Michiko Koshino Junya Watanabe Electric Textiles Daniel Herman Shelley Fox Elisabeth de Senneville Kei Kagami Nigel Atkinson Rebecca Earley Sophie Roet Savithri Bartlett Shape-shifting Textiles Sportswear: Technology in Motion Technology in Motion Bridging the Gap Fashion Active Lab Sports Shoes Notes Index

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Also available in hardback, 9781859735992 GBP50.00 (December, 2002)

About the Author

Bradley Quinn Author and Journalist

Reviews

'The first roadmap into the relatively uncharted frontier of fashion and technology. And like any new world, this is one fraught with excitement, expectations and unknown potential. Comprehensive in scope and vision.' Surface 'Cerebral fashion gets the scholarly treatment by a writer intent on deconstructing the work of such artists and designers as Issey Miyake, Hussein Chalayan, Mandarina Duck, and Lucy Orta. Quinns book focuses on fashion as a multidisciplinary artform that encompasses architecture, interior design, and even camping equipment. Armed with thorough research and surprisingly personal interviews, Quinn makes fashion look smarter than the clothes could ever make the man.' Black Book 'Quinn's book insightfully excavates the terrain of contemporary fashion and technology. From digital-display dresses to remote control couture, computerized clothing and i-Wear (intelligent wear), Quinn investigates the fusion of fashion with communication technology, electronic textiles, and sophisticated design innovations that express new ideas about appearance, construction and functionalism Techno Fashion is accessible and inspired reading - a profound text that is a must read for anyone considering fashion's future.' hintmag.com