This time of the year always amuses me, because it's sweltering outside and yet the fashion world is talking about fall. I think it's one of the reasons I don't pay too much attention to (high) fashion. However, I took notice of one show this year: "Wearable Art," the A/W '15 collection by Viktor and Rolf.
Inspired by the works of the 1600s Dutch painter Jan Asselijn, the show was staged at The Palais de Tokyo in Paris. Models walked the runway in denim smocks, first with canvases draped around them, then framed paintings. The avant-garde duo appeared on stage to remove the canvases from the models' bodies and hang them on the wall.
It was fashion as art as performance art. And it worked so wonderfully, because the designers seemed not to proclaim "couture is high art," instead presenting an inventive take on how art inspires fashion, the two worlds interweaving in a whimsical way.
Dutch art collector and writer Han Nefkens was so inspired by the show, he bought and donated one of the pieces to the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in the Netherlands.
Photos via Fashionising
Here is a link to the runway show on YouTube. And here are a few more things to love:
This movie poster.
This Avedon photo of Suzy Parker.
Suzy Parker, 1957, by Richard Avedon via Everything Lovely
And this settee and art piece.
Image via Diane Likes Art
That's all for today. But I'll be back soon with more to love. xoL
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