Fashion weeks have just finished and along with the many trends for next season, one could see a lot of references to art on the catwalks – from Prada‘s murales to Cèline‘s Brassaï, up to Louis Vuitton – and there would not probably be a better timing to present Art/Fashion in the 21st Century, a book that investigates on how fashion and art have been closer and closer during the new millennium. Written by Mitchell Oakley Smith, Alison Kubler and Daphne Guinness, the tome offers a perspective through 238 illustrations on the relationship between artists and designers and how they open and share their own field to the other.
The five thematic chapters the book feature several designer profiles, avant-garde projects and special interviews with leading figures in the art-fashion crossover. Acne Studios, Balenciaga, Chanel, Hussein Chayalan, Jean Paul Gaultier, Marc Jacobs, Stella McCartney, Issey Miyake, Prada and Juergen Teller are just few of the names in the book. Leafing through the book is like taking a trip inside the two most creative areas to understand how they can inspire each other and where is the limit between one and another.
