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Fabulous folds: revolutionary costumes in Grey Gardens (1975)



Authors: Ilona Hongisto, Katve-Kaisa Kontturi

Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Publication year: 2020

Journal: Journal of Aesthetics and Culture

Journal name in source: JOURNAL OF AESTHETICS & CULTURE

Journal acronym: J AESTHET CULT

Article number: ARTN 1840087

Volume: 12

Issue: 1

Number of pages: 10

ISSN: 2000-4214

eISSN: 2000-4214

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/20004214.2020.1840087(external)

Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/51236898(external)


Abstract
This essay discusses the material agency of clothing in the celebrated documentary classic Grey Gardens (David and Albert Maysles, USA 1975). Drawing on the extraordinary relationship between the protagonists, their clothing, the filming location, and the filmmakers, the essay shows how the protagonists of the documentary "think up" costumes that enable them to temporarily exceed difficult living conditions. The essay names the thought-up costumes fabulous folds and accounts for the ways in which costumes activate novel possibilities in the body's relationship to its environment.

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