An outstanding and comprehensive contribution to the history of
Tartan. - Telegraph
Featuring new insights and an additional chapter on masculinities, this
updated edition of Tartan revitalizes discussions about the fabric's
traditional, sentimental Highland origins and its deliberate subversion
by contemporary designers.
Tartan's history has made it uniquely capable of expressing both
conformity and subversion, tradition and innovation. Through positioning
tartan within broader philosophical, political and cultural contexts,
from the tartan-clad Highland regiments and Queen Victoria's royal
endorsement, to the fabric's influence on Westwood and McQueen and a
generation of Japanese designers such as Watanabe and Takahashi,
Jonathan Faiers traces tartan's development from clanship to
contemporary fashion and its enormous domestic and global impact.
Beautifully illustrated and weaving together a story out of history,
art, music, film and fashion, Tartan demonstrates that this most
traditional and radical fabric has become one of extraordinary
versatility and far-reaching appeal.