Black
Subtitle: the history of black in fashion, society and culture in New Zealand
By: curated by Doris de Pont
Contributors: New Zealand Fashion Museum
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Auckland, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780143566953
Subjects: Popular culture; Color in clothing; Black; Fashion
Description: Ten essays compiled by Doris de Pont, published to coincide with the touring exhibition Black in Fashion, by the New Zealand Fashion Museum.

New Zealanders choose to represent ourselves to the world wearing black - and not just the All Blacks, Tall Blacks and Silver Ferns. Many of our fashion designers choose black as the cornerstone of their collections, and a great deal of our cultural icons (think Fred Dagg) are also characterised by wearing black. Black is a gorgeously illustrated celebration and exploration of New Zealand's obsession with clothing ourselves in black - in society, power and politics, cultural icons, sport, fashion, film and music, from the Little Black Dress to the All Black jersey, Dunedin goths, the business people of Lambton Quay and the patched jackets of gang members. Doris de Pont, founder of the Fashion Museum of New Zealand and curator of the pop-up exhibition Black in Fashion, has brought together 10 richly illustrated essays on the importance of black in the New Zealand psyche in a collection to wow and inspire.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-230) and index.
Table of contents: title: Why do we wear black?  -- Doris de Pont; title: A Māori perspective on the wearing of black  -- Chanel Clarke; title: Black in the Victorian era  -- Jane Malthus; title: Black as a fashionable colour  -- Elaine Webster & Natalie Smith; title: Black heroes : New Zealand sport  -- Ron Palenski; title: The black singlet as a cultural icon  -- Stephanie Gibson; title: Black clothing in New Zealand cinema  -- Helen Martin; title: The cultural politics of wearing black  -- Prudence Stone; title: Back in black  -- Andrew Clifford; title: A culture of ease -- Claire Regnault.