Libertine Fashion
Authors: Geczy Adam , Bartlett Djurdja , Church-Gibson Pamela , Hall James , Karaminas Vicki , O’Neal Gwen , Polhemus Ted , Steele Valerie , Taylor Lou , Hansen Karen Tranberg , Barnes Ruth , Foster Helen Bradley , Griggs Claudine , Haynes Michaele Thurgood , Brydon Anne , Cavallaro Dani , Perani Judith , Arthur Linda B. , Jobling Paul , Guindi Fadwa El , Abler Thomas S. , Welters Linda , Johnson Kim K.P. , Burman Barbara , Lynch Annette , Young Antonia , Muggleton David , White Nicola , McVeigh Brian J. , Cole Shaun , Ince Kate , Guy Ali , Arthur Linda B. , Keenan William J. F. , Entwistle Joanne , Summers Leigh , Hodkinson Paul , Rabine Leslie W. , Carter Michael , Niessen Sandra , Johnson Kim K. P. , Foster Helen Bradley , Paulicelli Eugenia , Suthrell Charlotte , Guenther Irene , Kawamura Yuniya , Calefato Patricia , Barcan Ruth , Holland Samantha , Palmer Alexandra , Kawamura Yuniya , Root Regina A. , Welters Linda , Craik Jennifer , Goodrum Alison L. , Lynch Annette , Roach Catherine M. , Stalp Marybeth C. , Marion Jonathan S. , Brill Dunja , Entwistle Joanne , Wu Juanjuan , Lynch Annette , Luvaas Brent , Zhao Jianhua , Silverman Eric , Hansen Karen , Mellins Maria , Hume Lynne , Melchior Marie Riegels , Monden Masafumi , McClendon Alfonso , Tortora Phyllis G. , Brownie Barbara , Geczy Adam , Kawamura Yuniya , Jenss Heike , Luvaas Brent , Lantz Jenny , Brownie Barbara , Crewe Louise , Cliffe Sheila , Welters Linda , Winge Therèsa M. , Hall Jenny , Mitchell Rebecca , Karaminas Vicki , Niessen Sandra , Warwick Alexandra , Wolff Norma H. , Lennon Sharron J. , Green Eileen , Banim Maura , Wilson Elizabeth , Leshkowich Ann Marie , Jones Carla , Torntore Susan J. , Eicher Joanne B. , Johnson Donald Clay , Clark Hazel , Cunningham Patricia A. , Strauss Mitchell D. , Madison D. Soyini , Svensson Birgitta , Graydon Danny , Karaminas Vicki , Lillethun Abby 
Published: October 2020

Libertine practices have long been associated with transgression and social deviance. This innovative book is the first to focus fully on the relationship between libertinism as a social phenomenon and as a form of fashion. Taking the reader from early modernity to the present day, Adam Geczy and Vicki Karaminas reveal how the connection between clothing and the taboo, the erotic, and the forbidden is at the heart of “libertine fashion”.

Moving from the decadent courts of Charles II and Louis XV to the catwalks of the 21st century, Libertine Fashion examines literary and sartorial figures ranging from the Marquis de Sade and Lord Byron to Oscar Wilde, Josephine Baker, Colette, and Madonna. Focusing on libertinism as a sartorial practice and identity, this book traces the genealogy of the concept through the proto feminists of the English Reformation, the hedonistic decadents of the fin de siècle, and the Flappers of the Roaring 20s. The historical arc traverses the 1970s era of punk and glam, the shapeshifting personae of David Bowie, and the “disciplinary regimes” of Jean-Paul Gaultier.

Looking at libertine practices and appearances with fresh eyes, this bracing and original book affords many new insights into transgressive style, and of the relationship between sexuality and clothing. Accessible and thoroughly researched, Libertine Fashion uses a multidisciplinary approach that draws on historical literature, film, fashion, philosophy, and popular culture. Offering a historical and philosophical grounding in contemporary forms of identity and dress, it is essential reading for students and scholars of fashion, gender, sexuality, and cultural studies.