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The human body lies at the centre of our relationship to fashion and textiles. Crafting Anatomies explores how the body has become as a catalyst for archival research, creative dialogues and hybrid fabrications in fashion design. Focusing on how our response to the corporeal has shifted over time, the book looks at how it is currently influencing design and socio-material practices.With contributions from a multidisciplinary range of scholars and researchers, Crafting Anatomies examines how new technologies have become integrated with traditional fashion and textiles techniques, bringing together art, science and biomedical approaches. Traversing the cutting-edge of design research, the chapters take us from the forgotten lives of historical garments to the potential of biofabrication to cross the boundaries between skin and textile. Illustrated with 100 images and packed with original research, the book reveals how the human body continues to inspire future design, from prosthetic limbs to 3D-printed footwear. In doing so, it provides an inspiring account of how fashion culture now impacts socio-creativity and the formation of modern identity.