Fashion as Art .... From Museum to Runway and Back?

[Incroyable]

Cristobal Balenciaga's couture was influenced by the paintings of Goya, Velzaquez.

 

[ank9]

Check out this link http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/contemporary/past_exhns/fashion_art/

It's about an exhibition entitled Fashion and Art... pretty interesting...

 

[ank9]

Dolce & Gabanna s/s 2004 women's rtw(from style.com)

Roy Lichtenstein's work (from leninimports.com and digitallyobsessed.com)

 

[Spike413]

^Good spotting!

Jean Paul Gaultier's s/s 03 collection was inspired by the mobile culptures of Alexander Calder....

and his couture collection from that season featured two dresses inspired by art.

This one inspired by Joan Miro...

and this one inspired by Edgar Degas

 

[Spike413]

Karl Lagerfeld's s/s 02 couture collection for Chanel was inspired by the color palette of the work of Marie Laurencin.

and, according to Lagerfeld, his f/w 03 collection for Chanel rtw was inspired by artist Kasimir Malevich.....

 

[ank9]

Great info, Spike 413! The Degas inspired JPG dresses reminded me of some Jean Charles de Castelbajac dresses a few seasons ago. They had some 18th century paintings printed on them, but i can't find any images...

Anyway, fashion and photography:
Dolce & Gabanna s/s 2005 rtw womens collection was inspired by the work of the late Richard Avedon (according to vogue.co.uk)

credits:http://www.20six.fr/pub/LadyLilith/richard_avedon.jpg
www.garfnet.org
www.vogue.co.uk

 

[ank9]

And, let's not forget, YSL and Helmut Newton, forever inspiring each other

 

[liberty33r1b]

^aah, what a classic!

 

[Lucia-]

Agreed. I once had a girlfirend who had this shirt that was screened with a vintage rolling paper ad done by Alphonse Mucha. Maybe it would be more believable if the texture of the actual medium (canvas maybe?) could come out through the cloth?

You don't have a picture of that shirt, do you?

 

[Ghost]

John Galliano Spring 2003 RTW

 

[fireatwill]

it's amazing where they can pull their inspiration from. and it actually looks like what they were inspired by. so strange. i love it.

<3 me.

 

[ank9]

Vivienne Westwood drew inspiration from the paintings of 18th century French master more than once:

Btw, Westwood's preference for Boucher makes us reconsider beauty ideals

( 'Odalisque' from alloilpaint.com)

1990 'Portrait' collection

("Jupiter in the Guise of Diana and the Nymph Callisto-from iposters.us)

and the a/w 05-06 'Propaganda'collection

(vogue.co.uk)

('Madame Bergeret' from villagehatshop.com)

 

[ank9]

Found a bigger picture of the 'Portrait' corset (from v&a.co.uk)

and the Boucher painting that's printed on it
'Daphnis & CHloe'

from wallacecollection.org

 

[fourboltmain]

You don't have a picture of that shirt, do you?

I don't, she got it in a town in Jalisco, Mexico. I'll see if I can get a hold of her.

 

[fourboltmain]

These hit the nail on the head, and almost through the drywall. Wow.

 

[fireatwill]

vivienne westwoods inspiration does make us reconsider the ideal body image. i love it.

[farren]

 

[Lucia-]

I don't, she got it in a town in Jalisco, Mexico. I'll see if I can get a hold of her.

That would be so nice of you

 

[ank9]

John Galliano for Dior haute couture a'w 05-06 was inspired, among others, by Peruvian folk art

from www.fgonzalezgamarra.org.pe/ arteperu/a_muj3.jpg

from www.vogue.co.uk

 

[ank9]

Other influences on Galliano for the Dior centennial
"Galliano said he was inspired by how Dior's creations were reflected in the work of Irving Penn, Cecil Beaton, Lillian Bassman, Christian Berard, and René Gruau. His merry dance whirled on images of Princess Margaret, Margot Fonteyn, Zizi Jeanmaire, and Wallis Simpson. After a detour into froufrou Peruvian costume, a visit to Hollywood brought on a heavily spangled lineup of old-time supermodels giving stately impersonations of Hayworth, Dietrich, de Havilland, and Bacall" from www.style.com

The results are truly breathtaking!

 

[ank9]

Writing an article on an exhibition which involves Georges Braque reminded me of these: Andre Perugia hommage to Braque

http://neocitrus.hautetfort.com/