Śmierć na wieszaku
Death-a-Porte

Summary/Abstract: An article devoted to the links between fashion and death. The author describes various aspects of the spectacular funerals of various fashion designers (such as Gianni Versace and Yves Saint-Laurent) and how they function in the media (in the acclaim written on the Internet). She also shows how fashion is inspired by death, describing a photo session at a cemetery dedicated to Saint-Laurent made by Steven Meisel. She points out the strong ties between fashion and vampirism and the macabre styles of photography and fashion shows (such as Alexander McQueen and John Galliano), all the while keeping track of cultural and market mechanisms that abet the Thanatic entanglements of fashion.

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