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Module 2: Art Purpose: Identify the Influences

of Art in Fashion Styles

Directions

Compare examples of art to the fashions they inspire.

Example 1: Art Nouveau example of Gustav Klimt

Example 2: Modern Art example of Matisse
Example 3: Art Deco example of Tamara de Lampica

Then complete the discussion for this module before the start of the next module.

Rember to take the quiz for Module 2.

Example 1 - Art Nouveau

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This is from a famous painting by

Gustav Klimt. Notice the texture,
the colors, the complexity in
some areas and simplicity in
others, and the patterns.

Source: Klimt Expo Show.com

http://www.expo-
klimt.com/1_3.cfm?id=872872960

This is another
part of the same
painting. See the
trunk in the
center and how it
branches out to
other designs.
Notice the
contrast in
patterns and
colors on each
side.
Photo Source:
Global Gallery
http://www.global
gallery.com
/enlarge/003-26364/

How do the two dresses below match up to the Gustav Klimt art prints above? Look
at colors, forms, and patterns, texture, complexity, and shapes. What can you see
that's similar in the art and the fashions?

Photo Sources: Dresses - ArtPapa http://www.artpapa.com/forum/DCForumID13/

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How does the man's top and shorts match up to

the Gustav Klimt prints above? Again, look at
colors, forms, patterns, texture, complexity,
shapes.
What can you see that's similar in the art?
Menswear - MenStyle.com http://men.style.com
/fashion/collections/S2006MEN/review/RCOMEYMEN

Note: "The essence of Art Nouveau is described by sensuous lines and subtle light, feminine
figures and curly hair, fluent dresses and attitudes, vegetal curves and willow leaves, twisting
waves and evanescent smoke, but also by controlled lines, geometric details, colorful new
shapes and Art Nouveau was a new art form, an original artistic and decorative movement
inspired by the idea of "total art" and it reached its climax from 1890 until 1914." The Art
Nouveau style inspired many artistists and craftsmen: Klimt, Horta, Gallé, Mucha, Fortuny,
Macintosh, Morris and many others.

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Photo Source: Senses Art Nouveau, Brussels http://www.senses-artnouveau.com/art_nouveau.php

Example 2 - Modern Art

Photo Source: Matisse cutout art "Le Danseur de Couteaux" Photo Source: Matisse cutout-patterns
WorldGallery.co.uk dresses -
http://www.worldgallery.co.uk/art-prints/ The Royal Academy of Arts Magazine
http://www.ramagazine.org.uk/
index.php?pid=231

Example 3 - Art Deco

"Art Deco is an elegant style of decorative art, design and architecture which began as a Modernist
reaction against the Art Nouveau style. It is characterized by the use of angular, symmetrical
geometric forms." http://art-nourveau.com

Look back at Example 1 and compare it to Example 3. What differences do you

see?

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Autoportrait by Tamara de Lempicka, Photo Source: Skirt and top with coat,
a Polish-American Artist From Posters.com
Daily Fashion Report 05_01_archive.html
http://www.lookonline.com/2005_

Main Points

Art inspires fashion.

Fashion design itself is art as explained below.

Fashion design
(Redirected from Fashion designer)

Fashion design is the art dedicated to the creation of wearing apparel and lifestyle. Please see also Fashion
for a more complete definition.

The first person who could really be considered as a Fashion designer was Charles Frederick Worth
(1826-1895). Before he set up his maison couture (fashion house) in Paris, clothing design and creation was
handled by largely anonymous seamstresses. When he started his business, his customers could attach a
name and a face to his designs once they learned that they were from the House of Worth, thus starting the
tradition of having the designer of a large company is not only the creative head but the symbol of the brand as
well. After Worth, Paul Poiret started with a concept which is nowadays considered as general fashion design/
marketing and Haute Couture, and is also credited with starting the trend of removing the corset from female
fashion. Although fashion itself has a long history which leads back to the early civilizations, the people who
designed and produced garments before the late 19th/early 20th century were seen as anonymous artisans, not
well-known public figures.

Following in Worth's and Poiret's footsteps were: Patou, Vionnet, Fortuny, Lanvin, Chanel, Schiaparelli,
Balenciaga, and Dior.

By the 1960's, haute couture was not the only trend dictator anymore. Under influence of Fashion Icons (like for
example Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn and Jackie Kennedy or the models like Twiggy), Youth culture and
the independent women's movements, it became acceptable for fashion to ascend from the people rather than
be handed down by large couture houses.

Fashion brands not only just produced garments anymore but also started to create their own image or started
designing for certain target groups and/or sub cultures. Vivienne Westwood for example "created” the image
which is now generally considered as Punk. The Trend dictation of the Old Couture Houses was over.

Modern fashion design and designers

Modern fashion design is roughly divided into two categories, haute couture, and ready-to-wear. A designer's
haute-couture collection is meant exclusively for private customers and is custom sized, cut and sewn. To
qualify as an official "haute couture" house, a designer or company must belong to the Syndical Chamber for
Haute Couture, a Paris-based body of designers governed by the French Department of Industry that includes
American, Italian, Japanese, and other designers as well. A haute couture house must show collections twice
yearly with at least 35 separate outfits in each show. It is often shown on the catwalk and in private salons.

Ready-to-wear collections are not custom made. They are standard sized which makes them more suitable for
larger productions. Ready-to-wear collections can also be divided into designers/creators collections and
Confection collections. Designer/creators collections have a high quality, a superb finish and a unique cut and
design. These collections are the most trendsetting compared to Haute Couture and Confection.
Designer/creatures ready to wear collections contain often concept items that represent a certain philosophy or
theory. These items are not so much created for sales but just to make a statement. The designer's
ready-to-wear collection is also presented on the international catwalks by people who do fashion modeling.

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Confection collections are the ones we see most commonly in our shops. These collections are designed by
stylists. The brands that produce these collections aim only for a mass public and are in general not searching
for new grammar for the language or a new point of view on/of fashion.

Although a lot of the modern fashion designers are still working in a somewhat "traditional" way- making clothes
that are very fancy and expensive but still based on standard/traditional construction and design concepts, there
have been designers who break these "rules" over the years, some from the mid-nineties onward, some, like
Japanese designers Yojhi Vasomotor, Comme des Garcons , and Junya Watanabe from the early eighties to
the present, and some now-deceased designers such as Elsa Schiaparelli, who worked in the thirties, forties,
and fifties. Fine examples of modern-day "rule breakers" are Martin Margiela and Warmenhoven & Venderbos.
These designers approach clothing, Fashion and lifestyle from new angles and explore also the boundaries of
Fashion itself in order to create "new" concepts and views for fashion design. Their collections are not only
restricted to garments (ready to wear as well as couture) and other fashion-related products, but also contain
work in other media. The works of this breed of designers can also be placed in a certain Art movement.

Most fashion designers attend an Academie of fine arts . Fashion design courses are considered applied arts
just like graphic design and interior design. Often the types stylist and designer are mixed up. A stylist inspires
his/her designs on existing things, trends and designers collections. A designer starts from scratch; he/she
develops a unique concept and translates this into garment collections, other lifestyle related products or a
statement in various other types of media. Some designers approach their work just as a fine arts painter or
sculptor.

Inspiration for fashion designers comes from a wide range of things and cannot be pinpointed exactly. However,
just like all artists, they tend to keep an eye on things going on world-wide to inspire themselves towards making
their future clothes lines.

Most fashion designers are well trained pattern makers and modelers. A typical design team is made up out one
or more: designer(s), pattern maker(s) /modeler(s), sample maker(s), buyer(s) and salesman (men). For
presentations and catwalk shows the help of hair dressers, make-up artists , photographers modeling agencies
, the model and other support companies/professions is called upon.

As fashion became more and more a large business, designers started also with licensing products. (For
example: perfume, bags and all sorts of products)

See also
List of fashion designers
Fashion

Haute couture

Discussion & Resources

Compare one artist's works and life experiences to fashions that claim to be
inspired by the artist. You may choose from the examples listed below. You only
need to choose and discuss one. I suggest you pick your favorite or the one that
you find most interesting.

After you make your choice, go to the Discussion area for this module and do the following:

1. Identify the artist and fashion style you've chosen. Tell us why you've chosen this style. You
might want to scan one or two of the links below before you make your choice. If it's not from
the choices listed below, give full references for your choice so your classmates can check out
the artists and fashions.
2. Explain how you think the art or artist inspired the fashion, or perhaps did not really inspire it
after all, even though the marketing claimed the inspiration. You may need to give more than
one example to explain what you are thinking and why. Make sure you look at the brief
information given here about each artist's life, too. Also point out if you see how his or her life
may have inspired the fashion.
3. Read over the choices your classmates have made and their ideas about the fashions and

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the art. Please reply to at least one of your classmates' ideas.

Choice 1. Compare the art of Frida Kahlo to fashions.

All Posters of Frida Kahlo http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?aid=0&c=&search=Kahlo
Frida Kahlo, Portraits http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/5415/kahlo.html
Brief Description of Frida Kahlo's Life http://www.pbs.org/weta/fridakahlo/
Wearable Fashions for Real Women http://www.easylivingmagazine.com/Fashion/
Mexican Blouses http://fridafashions.com/pages/apparel.html

Choice 2. Compare the art of Jean Miro to fashions.

Art of Miro http://www.mirolart.com/default.aspx?w=buy&s=miro+art
Art of Miro http://www.oneposter.com/artprints/joan-miro/page1.htm
Description of Joan Miro Art & Life http://www.artelino.com/articles/joan_miro.asp
Silk Chiffon Scarf Inspired by Miro http://www.natashasilkart.com/miro.htm
Man's Shirt Inspired by Miro http://www.natashasilkart.com/vitaly.htm

Choice 3. Compare the art of Edward Hopper to fashions.

Example of Hopper's Painting Style
http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/sub.asp?key=15&subkey=2144
Taschen http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/books/art/all/facts/03337.htm
Edward Hopper: Melancholy Realist http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/3aa/3aa328.htm
Printfinders.com
http://www.printfinders.com/cgi-bin/search.exe?searchstring=Landscape+hopper
Norsk Form - Fashion Inspired by Edward Hopper
http://www.norskform.no/default.asp?V_ITEM_ID=1796
Oscar de la Renta Fashion Style
http://www.style.com/fashionshows/powersearch/results?&designer=design_house78 (look
over to see if you can find elements of Hopper's style in any of these fashions)

Choice 4. Compare the art of Cy Twombly to fashions.

Cy Twombly The Man Who Made Art Out of Doodles http://www.slate.com/id/2116180/
Two more Twombly Examples
http://schirmer-mosel.germanartbooks.de/product_info.php?name=Cy+Twombly
+-+Paintings%2C+Drawings%2C+Writings&products_id=51
Cy Twombly on ArtNet http://www.artnet.com/artist/16910/cy-twombly.html
Example of Fashion Inspired by Cy Twombly
http://www.style.com/fashionshows/stylehunter/editorial/news/data/style_hunter/051606.xml
(click "see all the looks" to next slide showing fashion inspired by Twombly)

Choice 5. Compare the art of Jean-Michael Basquiat to fashions.

Jean-Michel Basquiat http://www.basquiatonline.org/
Basquiat: A Major Retrospective http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2005/07/18/33164.html
Example of Fashion Inspired by Jean-Michel Basquiat
http://www.style.com/fashionshows/stylehunter/editorial/news/data/style_hunter/051606.xml
(click "see all the looks" and then "next" to view slide showing fashion inspired by Basquiat)
Valentino and Basquiat http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/main.jhtml? (click "more pictures" to
see additional examples)
view=DETAILS&grid=P8&xml=/fashion/2006/03/06/efpfw06.xml
Valentino and Basquiat - a different "look" http://www.style.com/fashionshows
/collections/F2006RTW/review/VALENTIN

If you want to explore other ideas about art, you might look over the resources listed below just
to get some ideas and see what you like.

If you want to compare more inspirations for different fashions, look at the links
below. This is not required - it's just for your own interest and enrichments.

Baroque & Roccoco

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Baroque & Roccoco fashion inspiration with H & M

http://www.ivillage.co.uk/beauty/promotions/articles/0,,628687_677335,00.html
Roccoco fashion inspiration from paintings
http://www.dilpreetbawa.com/historyofashion/art4.html
View vintage 60’s and Roccoco prints
http://www.blog.zoozoom.com/fashionmodels/julia_stegner/index.aspx

Art Nouveau
Art nouveau – what it means, how it looks http://www.qdesign.co.nz/designhist_artnou.html
Art nouveau exhibition http://www.nga.gov/feature/nouveau/exhibit_city.shtm
Senses: Art Nouveau fashion accessories http://www.senses-artnouveau.com/

Street Wise – Street Savvy – Street Wearable On-the-streets fashion

http://www.infomat.com/trends/onthestreets.html

Pop Culture – Click “next” above the image to view the next one – pop culture
http://www.seattleweekly.com/arts/0614/photo-spread.php
Click the eye for fashion images 1 and 2; click the camera to view each image – pop 60’s
http://www.sixtiescity.com/Fashion/Fashion.shtm

Other Generation Influences Fashions for different years

http://www.fashion-era.com/1970s.htm If you want to become more familiar with art, you might
explore examples of artists and their paintings. This is not required - it's just for your own
interest and enrichment.
Imperial Fine Art http://www.imperial-fineart.com/ (Picasso, Matisse, Chagall, Dali, Braque,
Mancini, Miro, Caballero, Icart)
Art Periods & Movements http://www.zeroland.co.nz/art_periods.html (select the art period to
view examples of the art)
Art Styles, Art Periods http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/links/artstyles.html (select the
period and then name of artist to view examples)

If you want to see names of many artists associated with different movements, go to Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Artists_by_period. If you want to see artists by different
periods, go to http://www.the-artists.org/art-movements.cfm. This site gives examples from
different decades.

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