THE FOURTH ISSUE OF VISCOSE “A NEW JOURNAL FOR FASHION CRITICISM.”
CRITICALLY EXPLORES THE NUMEROUS RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TRANSNESS AND FASHION, SETTING OUT TO ASK TWO AMBIVALENT QUESTIONS: WHAT IS A FASHION THEORY OF TRANSNESS, AND WHAT MIGHT A TRANS THEORY OF FASHION BE?
CO-EDITED WITH SCHOLARS ALEX ESCULAPIO AND CHE GOSSETT, WHO ATTEMPT TO EXCAVATE THE LARGELY INVISIBLE ARCHIVES OF TRANS HISTORY THAT FORM THE UNDERSIDE OF FASHION ITSELF. FEATURES NEW CONTRIBUTIONS BY A GLOBAL CAST OF TRANS AND QUEER WRITERS, ARTISTS, AND CREATIVES, WITH A WEALTH OF ARCHIVAL AND CONTEMPORARY MOMENTS OF TRANS FASHION PRODUCTION, SPANNING 50 YEARS.
THE COVER, DESIGNED BY NYC-BASED DESIGNER AND BOOKMAKER RISSA HOCHBERGER, CELEBRATES HISTORIES OF INDEPENDENT QUEER PUBLISHING, AND DOUBLES AS A DETACHABLE POSTER.
