Art in Fashion

Art in Fashion

Fashion design itself is a form of art of applying design, beauty and innovative idea to clothes ,accessories and so on. Inspiration can be drawn from everywhere and like artists fashion designers looks at nature and at previous art of works.

Campin 1430 The Thief to the left of Christ 
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Alexander McQueen was inspired from

 ‘The Thief to the left of Christ ‘ of Robert Campin’s work.

By reprinting the main figure of the painting and adding other aspects to go with his collection titled ‘It’s a Jungle Out There’ Alexander McQueen developed a jacket. 

McQueen jacket n.d. [image online] Available at : < http://www.wicked-halo.com/2011/06/art-in-fashion.html>
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      Also  Hieronymus Bosch’s work was also inspiring to McQueen as he used two of his paintings and combined them together and developed an innovative print for a bag and a dress. McQueen is looking at past paintings and transforming them into his work and adding his ideas, other designers also followed this lead.

Bosch 1495- 1515 The Temptation of St Anthony  
[oil on canvas]
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/wiki/Temptation_of_Saint_Anthony_in_visual_arts
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Bosch  1504 The Gardens of Earthly Delights Hell 
[oil on canvas] Available at : http://www.dinocrat.com
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McQueen dress n.d [image online] Available at: <
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McQueen Bag n.d [image online] Available at: <
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    Other major coperations such as Dior where also getting 

inspired from past works. Dior however looked at a different 

side of art; while McQueen was looking at the classical side

 of art Dior looked at Japanese prints.        

Hokusai 1848 The Great Wave of Kanagawa [print] Available at :
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Dior transformed a well known print into part of their designs. 

Dress Dior n.d. [image online] Available at : < http://www.wicked-halo.com/2011/06/art-in-fashion.html>
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 By transforming print or paintings into their designs; fashion designers were not only being innovative and bringing back importance to past works but were combining two different mediums of art into one.

Reference Links :

Wicked Halo 2008 -2012  Art in Fashion [online] Available at: http://www.wicked-halo.com/2011/06/art-in-fashion.html  Accessed on 14/12/12