Excess. Fashion and the underground in the 80s

Coedizione Fondazione Pitti Immagine Discovery – Today, producing a book on fashion in the ‘80s is not merely a question of immortalising one of the most feverish periods for invention, creativity and variety in our recent history. Excess is an exhibition on fashion which chronicles the achievements of the fashion establishment in Italy and the rest of the world through its protagonists and trends. A fashion establishment which has become an a conomic phenomenon, acquiring enormous influence in terms of culture and communication. The book is a catalogue of the exhibition but also a large index organised scientifically and informatively so as to become an indispensable point of reference for operators, critics and students. It is not chronological but proceeds by themes (career women, sexy women, American Gigolo, Night Clubbing, Wild Boys, Yuppies, graffiti…). There will also be a series of appendixes or indexes to relate and catalogue the new professions, new words and new fashions balanced between mainstream and underground