Today-- from haute couture to ready- to- wear-- parkas, puffer coats,
and backpacks, as well as garments made of neoprene and Mylar are
everywhere. But the roots of these ubiquitous items of dress and
cutting- edge textiles are rarely acknowledged or understood. Inspired
by the so-called "heroic era" of polar navigation (1890- 1922), extreme
mountain climbing, deep sea exploration, and journeys to outer space,
Expedition explores how garments made for the most inhospitable
environments on earth and beyond have inspired more than sixty years of
fantastical, otherworldly fashions.
Lavishly illustrated, this publication features approximately 150 color
photographs. The images include high fashion magazine editorials by
Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, and others; museum objects from the
permanent collections of The Museum at FIT and the American Museum of
Natural History; and unpublished photographs of early expeditions in the
archives of the Explorer's Club in New York.