Fashion Army - Book

Fashion Army by Matthieu Nicol

Fashion Army investigates the evolution of military attire into iconic fashion. French visual researcher Matthieu Nicol presents a catalog of three hundred and fifty documentary images from the declassified US Army Natick Labs archive, tracing military style from the late 1960s to the early 1990s. These images showcase the meticulous development of clothing and gear designed for the battlefield and everyday military life, highlighting the profound connection between fashion, power, and aesthetics. Through this ambiguous and compelling sequence, Fashion Army offers a nuanced account of style, innovation, and the far-reaching influence of military apparel on fashion and identity, ultimately interrogating the signifiers of violence embedded in such attire. This includes an essay by renowned fashion critic Angelo Flaccavento, who reflects on the interplay between military functionality and the fashion industry.

192 pages.

Dimension (23cm x 30cm).

Paperback with PVC jacket.

ISBN 978-1-915743-57-2