Published in 2000
224 pages
Maira Kalman is an artist, illustrator, writer, and designer. She was born in Tel Aviv and moved to New York City with her family at the age of four. She now lives in Manhattan. Kalman has written/illustrated over 30 books for adults and children. She has been a frequent contributor to The New York Times and The New Yorker. Kalman has created textiles for Isaac Mizrahi and Kate Spade and sets for Mark Morris. Other collaborators include David Byrne, Nico Muhly, Alex Kalman, Michael Pollan, John Heginbotham and Gertrude Stein. Kalman’s product design appears under M&Co, the legendary design studio created by her late husband Tibor Kalman. Kalman has won many awards and given numerous talks, including several TED talks. Her art has been exhibited in galleries and museums around the world.
What is this book about?
(un)FASHION scans the globe to show how real people dress: at work and at play, on the streets, and for ceremonial occasions. This witty, eye-popping book offers a delightfully unconventional view of contemporary fashion as seen in the creative ways that people around the world adorn their bodies. The brainchild of the late Tibor Kalman, one of the graphic design geniuses of the 20th century, and completed by his wife and partner, Maira Kalman, (un)FASHION presents its provocative observations through dynamic images by some of the world’s foremost photojournalists.
Before Tibor died, he and Maira traveled extensively and collected images of the insane, inspired, and beautiful clothing and other body ornament. Here are photographs with no text beyond section headings; captions and credits are appended. Among the sections body art, accessories, tribes, standard issue, optics, dressed to kill, facemasks, modesty, mobile home, headgear, holywear, and death. There is no index, bibliography, or page numbers.
