THE

COSTUMES
COSTUME HISTORY 2021/2022

OF
BAUHAUS
Nini Komakhidze
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I N A NUTSHE L L

• Bauhaus art school was founded in

1919 by Walter Gropius.
• It operated in: Weimar, Dessau, and
Berlin.
• Idea of Bauhaus was a “total work of
art” - Gesamtkunstwerk.
Bauhaus haven’t left the
world of fashion unnoticed.
despite the school’s
reputation for minimalism,
their designs turned out to
be flamboyant and
mesmerizing. pushing the
boundaries of human shape
and form to create a look
as modernist as the
architectural style of the
buildings created under the
school’s philosophy.
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BAUHAUS
“I think there is always a need for pure design. With pure design,
you don’t need so much decoration.”
- Jil Sander

F O R M F O L LO W S
THE FUNCTION: T R U E M AT E R I A L S : MINIMALIST STYLE:

The design is about the Not to hide the materials Bauhaus artists favored
function of the object used. Revealing stitching, clean lines and geometrical
rather than its aesthetic folds or cuts. Construction shapes. Line, Shape and
appeal. Useful objects is an integral part of the color were the main focus
could also be beautiful. design. in the design process.
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C OSTU ME PA RT I E S

This was no student ‘fancy dress’

ball, but instead an opportunity
for the school’s artists to embody
their design sensibilities fully.
TR IAD IC BA L LE T

Oskar Schlemmer - famous

painter, sculpture, designer,
and choreographer who
premiered his theatrical
work “triadic ballet” in 1922
Schlemmer also revealed
that he considered the
stylized, artificial
movements of marionettes
to be aesthetically superior
to the naturalistic
movements of real humans.
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"Triadic Ballet" premiered in 1922,

and is known as being the most
widely performed avant-garde
dance performance.. The Triadic
Ballet's 18 costumes were
designed by matching geometric
forms with analogous parts of the
human body: a cylinder for the
neck, a circle for the heads.
BAUHAUS & DAVID BOWIE

jumpsuit designed by Kansai

Yamamoto.
‘THE HAUS OF GAGA’
OTHER INFLUENCES

COMMES DES GARCONS SPRING/SUMMER

JIL SANDER FALL/WINTER
2015
2016

VETEMENTS SPRING/SUMMER
2017

MARY KATRANTZOU FALL/WINTER KHAITE FALL/WINTER

2018 2019
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For Your
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