The Crafts of Fashion Vol. 3 - Taxonomies music powerful and central to art

powerful and central to art practice

offering a privileged view into spaces not open to the public

Yuji Watanabe

The first map in this series was named by the Financial Times as one of the ‘Best books of 2018’

The Crafts of Fashion Vol. 3 - Taxonomies music powerful and central to artClassifications and hierarchies have always informed our understanding of the long history of garment and accessory making. While featherworkers and jewellers still brilliantly represent this technical expertise in the creative field, many skills and tools remain little known or undervalued. This book provides an inventory of these practices and proposes a reconsideration of certain techniques usually associated with the domestic sphere, such as