Do clothes make the man? And, if they do, how much power do those clothes have to shape our understanding of masculinity? After a raft of blockbuster exhibitions devoted to designers and labels including Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga and Dior, the fashion department has now set its sights on something that is not so much a topic as an open-ended question. For an exhibition as ambitious in scope as ‘Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear’ at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the word is perhaps a relief. An event or identity takes shape meaning changes, settles and changes again. To be fashioned means to exist in a state of formation. ‘Fashioning’ is a useful word for a curator.
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