Viscoseis one of several magazinesthinkVestoj,Novella addressing the theoretical rather than commercial side of fashion.

This sixth issue is themed Text, exploringfashion as constructed through words, language and writing, and the immense conceptual scope (for exploration, experimentation, and critique) of such a practice.Typically format-bending, this edition may be more traditionally bookish but is beautifully produced nonetheless. A scanned and hand-annotated copy of the introduction makes for the front cover, while the back reads as an imaginary facsimile of this issue’s covers and spine (were it a beaten up leather book).

This interplay between reproduction and the aesthetics of writing continues inside, with a number of previously published texts from fashion designers and writersElizabeth Hawe’sI Say its Spinach(1938); Yohji Yamamoto’sMy Dear Bomb(2010); Liane Keen’s diagrammatic rules for dressing from 1965scanned and sitting alongside contributions by Dal Chodha, Jamaica Kincaid, Julie Peeters (editor ofBILL), Bruno Zhou, Derek McCormack, and more;a milieu of of experimental, fictocritical, and poetic approaches that widen the horizons of fashion and style.

237 pages | 17 x 24 cm