Gender bending fashion

Author

Finamore, Michelle Tolini, author, curator.

Title

Gender bending fashion / Michelle Tolini Finamore.

Format

Book

Published

Boston : Museum of Fine Arts, Boston , [2019]

Description

28 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm

Other contributors

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, host institution, organizer.

Notes

Cover title.
Catalog of an exhibition held in the Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, March 21-August 25, 2019.
Includes bibliographical references (page 28).

Summary

"Fashion and gender have long been intertwined. 'Gender Bending Fashion' examines the rich history of haute couture, ready-to-wear, and street fashion that has challenged rigid, binary definitions of dress. ..." Page 2 of cover.

Subject headings

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston--Exhibitions.
Fashion--Social aspects--Exhibitions.
Fashion--History--20th century--Exhibitions.
Fashion--History--21st century--Exhibitions.
Clothing and dress--Social aspects--Exhibitions.
Clothing and dress--Psychological aspects--Exhibitions.
Gender identity--Exhibitions.

Kinsey subjects

Clothing.
Gender role identification.
Transvestism.