For 14 years, Los Angeles-based artist, fashion designer and musician
Lun*na Menoh has been exploring the many unexpected possibilities of
the dirty shirt collar, producing paintings, sculptures, music, DVDs,
performance art and fashion shows inspired by this lowly, ubiquitous
aspect of clothing. The collar is a fashion boundary--the dividing line
between what is hidden by clothing and the body that emerges from the
cloth--and the stains commonly found there often confound sartorial
panache, a fact which Menoh takes as the mischievous starting point for
her work. Lun*na Menoh: A Ring Around the Collar documents the
paintings included in this series, as well as Menoh's performance art
and fashion shows. Included with this book is a flexi-disc with two
songs by the artist's band, Les Sewing Sisters, and an introduction by
acclaimed author Leslie Dick.