Ann-Sofie Back : Go as you please 1998-2018

Comprehensive monograph showcasing Swedish fashion designer Ann-Sofie Back’s work between 1998–2018. 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 glamor.

The book, an extensive overview of Ann-Sofie Back’s vast archive, includes re-published 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.