Auf Freiheit zugeschnitten

The unity of art and life that the reform movements around 1900 aspired to inspired artists to creatively experiment with women's clothing. The artist's dress, as part of the idea of the total work of art, reflects the image of women in its facets, portraying them as decorative objects, as artists, or as emancipated entrepreneurs. The volume captivates with the beauty of the dresses and artworks presented, which it places in the context of the transformative situation at the beginning of the 20th century from new interdisciplinary perspectives - from the German reform movement and the Vienna Secession to the English Arts and Crafts movement and the emergence of haute couture in Paris.