Fashion and Art [Paperback]

For at least two centuries, fashion and art have maintained a competitive love-hate relationship. Both fashion and art construct imaginary worlds, and use a language of style to invigorate beliefs, perceptions and ideas.

Until now the crossovers of fashion and art have received only scattered treatment and suffered from a dearth of theorization. As an attempt to theorize the area, this collection of new and updated essays is the most well-rounded and authoritative to date. Some of the world's foremost scholars in the field are assembled here to explore the art-fashion nexus in numerous ways: from aesthetics and performance to masquerade and media.

Original and inspiring, this book will not only secure 'art-fashion' as a discrete area of study, but also suggest new critical pathways for exploring their continuing cross-pollination.Fashion and Artis essential reading for students and scholars of fashion, art history and theory, cultural studies and related fields.

Introduction: Adam Geczy and Vicki Karaminas
1. Fashion: Valerie Steele, The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, USA
2. Art: Nancy Troy, Stanford University, USA
3. Aesthetics: Llewellyn Negrin, University of Tasmania, Australia
4. Modernity: Adam Geczy, Sydney College of the Arts, Australia
5. Conceptual: Hazel Clark, Parsons the New School of Design, USA
6. Body: Joanne Eicher, University of Minnesota, USA
7. Beauty: Morag Martin, State University of New York, USA
8. Boundaries: Diana Crane, University of Pennsylvania, USA
9. Authenticity: Efrat Tse?lon, Leeds University, UK
10. Performance: Herbert Blau, University of Washington, USA
11. Dressing up: Mary Gluck, Brown University, USA
12. Clothing: Margaret Maynard, University of Queensland, Australia
13. Patronage: Nicky Ryan, University of the Arts, London, UK
14. Painting: Aileen Ribeiro, University of London, UK
15. Image: Vicki Karaminas, University of Technology, Sydnls8