In Fashion and Imagination, the frame of reference is the current debate on the relationship between fashion and art. The book consists of five thematic chapters containing contributions from a number of respected scholarly authors. The first chapter focuses on the relationship between art and fashion in general, with the 'authorship' and the 'artistic aspect' of fashion as principal subjects. The four other themes each underscore essential and elementary aspects of fashion that have played a major role in fashion history and remain significant today. Case studies on specific subjects, designers and artists are included, e.g. Showstudio.com, the Reform movement, Wiener Werkstatte, Futurism, the Russian avant-garde, Maison Martin Margiela, Nick Cave, Vanessa Beecroft, Viktor & Rolf, ...
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