Modelejon: manligt mode exhibition at The Royal Armoury (Livrustkammaren), Stockholm, 2002-3.
(Lions of fashion: male fashion of the 16th, 17th, 18th centuries)
I discovered this book when I was in graduate school at Yale. Incredible! So many real garments from the 1600’s – you never see that! And so much menswear! At the time, I didn’t know what exhibition this book (which I felt guilty for purchasing, since it was expensive) was from, or even what language it was written in. Little did I know, it would plant the first seeds for this project, 10 years later, to see those same garments IN PERSON. Amazing.
I love this book. I’m always dragging it out to show visiting designers. What a great resource! I’m horrified that I didn’t think to visit the Armory last summer–I’ll be sure to go there next time I’m in Stockholm.