The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

Fall from Fashion is not a “fashion show,” but it does talk about many complex ideas related to fashion: clothing, style, gender-identification, sexual identity, self-image, presentation of self, and clothing as a vehicle for social and political commentary. The artworks in this exhibition represent a wide variety of viewpoints (and aesthetics) relating to these issues. Although the presentation of clothing has had a long and rich tradition in the visual arts, what makes the art in Fall from Fashion interesting and unique is the way it employs the theme as an instrument for effecting change and as a stand-in for the human body.