The surreal body

About this book

"The representation of the body, and particularly the female body, provides a recurring theme through the displays, exhibitions and commercial activities of the Surrealists. In fashion and fashion photography, the human form was manipulated, fetishized and irrevocably changed. Ghislaine Wood surveys the manifold ways in which Surrealism influenced fashion, from the unsettling 'Street of Mannequins' at the 1938 Exposition Internationale du Surrealisme to Elsa Schiaparelli's extraordinary 'Skeleton' dress, and Salvador Dali's opulent anthropomorphic jewellery."--Jacket.