Product Description

The love affair between fashion and Surrealism began in the Paris of the 1920s when Surrealist artists plundered fashion's imagery for their art, raising fashion beyond the level of mere style to an important expression of culture. This text reveals the extravagent and ingenious creations resulting from this collaboration. It ranges from the shocking Surrealist dresses of Schiaparelli and Dali, and photographic experiments with Surrealist techniques by Horst P. Horst, Cecil Beaton and George Hoyningen-Huene to the work of younger fashion designers, including Olivier Guillemin and Vivienne Westwood, who have all brought Surrealist imagery into clothing and accessories.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #850666 in Books
• Published on: 1989-06-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Customer Reviews

unusual and thought-provoking
As an artist myself, I first picked up this book, looking for ideas for an artist to relate my next fashion project to, I looked into this book, and was amazed at what I saw.
Firstly at the sheer genious, in the desgins and ideas, that I saw on the page, and then secondly at the way that the different studies and pictures are actually layed out on the page.
This book, has given me great inspiration, over the last year, in my fashion studies, and I encourage any artist who wants to stand out from the crowd to buy this exellent book and USE IT!!!