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Manus x machina : fashion in an age of technology / Andrew Bolton ; photographs by Nicholas Alan Cope.

By: Bolton, Andrew, 1966- [author.]Contributor(s): Cope, Nicholas Alan [photographer (expression)] | Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) [host institution.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 247 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 34 cm + 1 booklet (xxxii pages ; 29 cm)Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781588395924 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Fashion -- Exhibitions | Fashion design -- Technological innovations -- Exhibitions | Beauty and Fashion | Beauty and FashionDDC classification: 746.9'2 Summary: The complex and often ambiguous relationship between the hand crafted and the machine made is examined in this intriguing look at the ever-changing world of fashion and taste. 'Manus x Machina' traces styles of dress from one-of-a-kind works and haute couture created by highly skilled artisans, through the introduction of industrial manufacturing, to extraordinary recent technological advancements applied to high fashion, such as 3D printing, laser cutting, and computer-generated weaving and patterns. The oppositional relationship between the machine, as representative of democracy and mass production, and the hand, as the hallmark of elitism, is explored in its many facets in this fascinating book. Paradoxically, technology in fashion has both advanced artistic creation and obscured the sense of the designer's expert hand.
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Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 5th-August 14th, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The complex and often ambiguous relationship between the hand crafted and the machine made is examined in this intriguing look at the ever-changing world of fashion and taste. 'Manus x Machina' traces styles of dress from one-of-a-kind works and haute couture created by highly skilled artisans, through the introduction of industrial manufacturing, to extraordinary recent technological advancements applied to high fashion, such as 3D printing, laser cutting, and computer-generated weaving and patterns. The oppositional relationship between the machine, as representative of democracy and mass production, and the hand, as the hallmark of elitism, is explored in its many facets in this fascinating book. Paradoxically, technology in fashion has both advanced artistic creation and obscured the sense of the designer's expert hand.

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