Ann-Sofie Back: Go As You Please, 1998–2018

A comprehensive monograph showcasing Swedish fashion designer Ann-Sofie Back’s work between 1998 and 2018. 

The book features extensive imagery of Back’s collections, runway shows, lookbooks, styling work, exhibitions and press coverage, as well as interviews, articles and texts by Back herself. The book provides a complete overview of Back’s career and impact on the global fashion industry. Ann-Sofie Back graduated from Central St Martin's, London, in 1998 and is known for her subversive and thought-provoking fashion, often inspired by clichés about femininity, shame, and failed glamour.

The book, an extensive overview of Ann-Sofie Back's vast archive, includes republished texts by Lauren Cochrane, Anders Edström, Francesca Granata, Ulrich Lehmann, Maria Ben Saad, and Mathilda Tham, as well as images by photographers such as Richard Prince, Johnny Dufort, Anders Edström, Nick Knight, David Sims, Juergen Teller, and Harley Weir. 

Published in conjunction with the exhibition Go As You Please―Ann-Sofie Back 1998–2018, 8 November 2024–23 February 2025, at Liljevalchs in Stockholm.

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Title: Ann-Sofie Back, Go As You Please, 1998–2018
Artist: Ann-Sofie Back
Editor: Johanna Widlund Crisman
Publisher: Art & Theory Publishing, 2024
Format: Softcover
Size: 235 × 280 mm
Pages: 310
Language: English
Edition: First edition
ISBN: 9789198870572