Addressing the Century: 100 Years of Art and Fashion

Addressing the Century: 100 Years of Art and Fashion by Wollen, Peter. Paperback edition. ISBN: 9781853321832.

This vividly illustrated book celebrates the close relationship between the worlds of art and fashion in the twentieth century. It traces a history of ideas from these two arenas, investigating their similarities and differences and the ways that both have been crucial to the development of twentieth-century culture. Topics explored include the role of theater and ballet in the 1930s; the place of the fashion mannequin and the tailors dummy in surrealist art; mutability and transience in art and fashion and fashion photography; and clothings effect on the presentation and perception of the body.