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234 FORM, FIT, AND FASHION
Chapter 23: Art
The question should not be, Is fashion art? but rather, When is fashion art?
Fashion, after all, is a business in which design is responding to a functional
challenge. Many will argue that fashion’s production of utilitarian items that
are not exclusively an artistic expression—meant to stimulate the beholder’s
tho ...