{"title":"Gwyn Conaway","description":"\u003cp\u003eGwyn Conaway’s work offers insightful explorations into the intersections of creativity and society, inviting readers to rethink the boundaries of art and culture. With a keen eye for detail and a thoughtful narrative style, her books encourage a fresh perspective on cultural norms and artistic expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect engaging prose that challenges conventional thinking while celebrating innovation within the arts. Conaway’s writing appeals to those interested in the dynamic dialogue between individual creativity and the cultural forces that shape it.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"bending-the-rules-by-gwyn-conaway-9781797227610","title":"Bending the Rules","description":"Bending the Rules is a fascinating, provocative, and highly entertaining visual exploration of identity and gender through fashion.\n\nCelebrated costume designer Camille Benda seamlessly weaves together the cutting-edge and the historical--spanning high fashion, dress in film, trendsetting brands, art history, and more--showing that gender and fashion have always been intertwined. Brought to life with a dazzling array of more than 160 images, Bending the Rules combines short essays and interviews with creative professionals to offer snapshots of fashion and gender expression across cultures, places, and time.\n\nThis unique portrait of fashion and identity explores how clothing can be serious and playful, limiting or liberating, express joy or longing, fear or fun, and much more. Readers will find captivating examples as wide-ranging as gender-confirming underwear line Urbody to Buddhist monastic life, Brad Pitt's red-carpet skirt to gay cowboys and codpieces, Playboy and bustiers to Native American Two-Spirit beings. For anyone fascinated by fashion or the sociology of clothing, identity, and gender, this book offers a one-of-a-kind immersive experience.\n\nVISUALLY RICH: More than 160 visuals include illustrations by Gwyn Conaway, a costume designer, fashion historian, and culture specialist, as well as archival and contemporary photography, self-portraits, magazine covers, embroidery, and more.\n\nAN ACCESSIBLE ENTRY POINT TO THE WORLD OF FASHION: Through illustrated timelines, custom graphics, and content crafted with a sense of humor, playfulness, and curiosity, this artful social science book is accessible for newcomers and experienced fashion enthusiasts, from tweens exploring their own newly forming identity to cool aunts and switched-on grandparents.\n\nA GLOBAL APPROACH: From an 18th-century French chevalier to Japanese kimonos, medieval alchemical manuscripts to 15th-century Flemish paintings, African Ndebele aprons to Scottish tartans, this deeply researched exploration spans time, cultures, and geography.","brand":"Bookreps NZ Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47900289433836,"sku":"9781797227610","price":69.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781797227610-bending-the-rules.jpg?v=1783397563"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/gwyn-conaway.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}