Boudicca Costumes

The newest volume in the Art Institute of Chicago's successful A+D series, Fashioning the Object invites readers to visit three of the most visionary design studios at work today: Bless, Boudicca, and Sandra Backlund. Fiercely independent and far-reaching in their influences, these young designers from Berlin, London, Paris, and Stockholm are producing fashion objects that straddle the line between traditional craft and cutting-edge technique, both in their use of materials and in the promotion ... [Read More]

Clothes tell stories of power, of oppression, of celebration, and of tragedy—discover the lives of 16 strong women through the clothing of their time: Hatshepsut, Hydna of Scione, Aurelia Cotta, Boudicca, Murasaki Shikibu, Joan of Arc, Elizabeth I, Catherine the Great, Buffalo Calf Road Woman, Emmeline Pankhurst, Marie Curie, Coco Chanel, Marilyn Monroe, Althea Gibson, Wangari Maathai, and Valentina Tereshkova. Press out the paper dolls at the back of the book, cut out the costumes, and start ... [Read More]