Fashion is a dazzling mirror of the changes and individual needs of our society - and an important source of inspiration for art! Countless fashion photographs throughout the 20th century, as well as paintings and drawings, speak of the artistic role of fashion.

But what is the relationship of artists to fashion? What role does fashion play in painting, drawing and photography of the last 100 years? How do artists dress and stage themselves then and now, and how is fashion used in contemporary art?

This opulent volume traces these questions on a previously unknown broad basis.