Paper Afore Press is the catalogue to the International Library of Fashion Research’s second exhibition in collaboration with the National Museum’s department of conservation.

This exhibition is a nod to a medium, the one of paper, that long has been taken for granted. A plea for paper to be re-evaluated and re-though in its essence, this exhibition and catalogue aim to propose to the reader an alternative perspective on the medium that paper is for the fashion system. A possibility of communication and distribution; an asset and alternative in the vast realm of textile production, fabrication and consumption; a vessel for words that would instead be forgotten and unheard; a way of connecting people. A selection of printed objects and ephemera from the International Library of Fashion Research permanent collection is investigated through various lab and research techniques such as x-rays, scans and microscopes, where different paper fibers, textures and delicacies will unfold.

Featuring Alia Mascia, Dr. Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran, Ilaria Trame, Lydia Kamitsis, Marco Pecorari, Molly Maltman and Vassilis Zidianakis.