Tartan

<p>An outstanding and comprehensive contribution to the history of Tartan. - <i>Telegraph</i> <p/>Featuring new insights and an additional chapter on masculinities this updated edition of <i>Tartan</i> revitalizes discussions about the fabric's traditional sentimental Highland origins and its deliberate subversion by contemporary designers. <p/>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. <p/>Beautifully illustrated and weaving together a story out of history art music film and fashion <i>Tartan</i> demonstrates that this most traditional and radical fabric has become one of extraordinary versatility and far-reaching appeal.</p>