"Malign Muses, When Fashion Turns Back" depicts in several ways how fashion and dress relate to their origin and past. Judith Clark, curator of the exhibition and architect by training, takes a personal look at the relationship between contemporary fashion and its history.
Clark states that fashion always has a sort of a love affair with its history and with former periods of style. "Malign Muses" is about re-enactment, recycling. But, when you look back, are things bigger or smaller? Is anything new?
"Malign Muses" is the result of Judith Clarks work at the London College of Fashion and the Victoria & Albert Museum as joint research fellow in contemporary dress, and of the curatorial work Judith Clark carried out at her gallery Judith Clark Costume... [more]
