For years, fashion designers have embraced the ideals and aesthetics surrealist art, including such creative geniuses as Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Rene Magritte, and Man Ray. With fun, amusing and extraordinary results, the influence of surrealism has added imagination, color and scandal to design. Fashion & Surrealism is a testament to this relationship, an infatuation that is still very visible in the works of contemporary designers such as Yves Saint Laurent, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Serge Lutens.

One of France's leading fashion and style specialists, Francois Baudot is a writer and an editorial adviser for Elle and Elle Decor. He is the author of a number of books devoted to fashion and decorative arts, including in Assouline: Compendium of Interior Style, The Allure of Men and, in the Fashion Memoire series Chanel, Chanel Jewelry, Fashion & Surrealism, Fashion Dogs, Jean-Michel Frank, Eileen Gray, Gruau and Yohji Yamamoto.