Cover Art and fashion come together n this memorable runway collections (Photo: Getty Images)
Art and fashion come together n this memorable runway collections (Photo: Getty Images)
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จาก Louis Vuitton ไปจนถึง Moschino ย้อนชมคอลเล็กชั่นจากเหล่าแฟชั่นเฮ้าส์ที่หยิบยกงานศิลป์จากผืนผ้าใบสู่ไอเท็มบนแคทวอล์ค
Life imitates art, and so do fashion houses. Throughout history, fashion and art have gone hand in hand, with designers often borrowing ideas from art movements and reinterpreting it for the runway, be it through subtle references in colour palettes or full-blown celebration of a painter’s signature style. To celebrate World Art Day on April 15, we revisit five fashion collections that make famous artworks come to life on the runway as wearable art.
1. Chloé x Artemisia Gentileschi (2023)
Above Chloé autumn-winter 2023 (Photo: Getty Images)
Above 'Self-Portrait as Mary Magdalene ' by Artemisia Gentileschi (1618) (Photo: Getty Images)
Chloé autumn-winter 2023 (Photo: Getty Images)
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Chloé’s fall 2023 ready-to-wear collection took inspiration from Italian baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi, who was one of the most accomplished female artists in the largely male-dominated 17th century art world. Gentileschi channelled the obstacles she faced into artworks depicting strong Biblical heroines, creating a defiant version of the female experience, all of which was celebrated in Chloé’s strong silhouettes and muted colour palettes.
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2. Yves Saint Laurent x Piet Mondrian (1965)
Above Yves Saint Laurent's Mondrian dress shown at the Haute Couture spring-summer 2002 show (Photo: Getty Images)
Above 'Composition in blue, red and yellow' by Piet Mondrian (1921) (Photo: Getty Images)
Yves Saint Laurent's Mondrian dress shown at the Haute Couture spring-summer 2002 show (Photo: Getty Images)
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The Mondrian collection is one of the most memorable crossovers between fashion and art. In 1965, French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent paid tribute to the minimalist paintings of Dutch painter Piet Mondrian through a six-piece collection of A-line shift dresses, which have been remembered as definitive pieces of Sixties’ fashion. Mondrian was a part of the Dutch art movement of De Stijl—also known as neoplasticism—which was defined by abstract blocks of primary colours in simple compositions, an aesthetic that translated seamlessly into clothing.
3. Moschino x Pablo Picasso (2020)
Above Moschino spring-summer 2020 (Photo: Getty Images)
Above 'Joyful' by Pablo Picasso (1938) (Photo: Getty Images)
Moschino spring-summer 2020 (Photo: Getty Images)
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Moschino and Pablo Picasso have a lot in common: a love of bold colours, a flair for the dramatic and a desire to push the boundaries of visual expression. This came together in then-creative director Jeremy Scott’s spring-summer 2020 collection for Moschino. The Spanish painter’s cubist and surrealist works strut down the runway as structural dresses, exaggerated accessories and literal frames held by the models.
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4. Alexander McQueen x Gustav Klimt (2013)
Above Alexander McQueen resort 2013 (Photo: courtesy of Alexander McQueen)
Above 'The Kiss' by Gustav Klimt (1907) (Photo: Getty Images)
Alexander McQueen resort 2013 (Photo: courtesy of Alexander McQueen)
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For its 2013 resort collection, Alexander McQueen had turned to early 20th century Austrian symbolist painter Gustav Klimt—specifically his “golden phase” of paintings, which were distinctive in their use of gilt and jewel-tone mosaics, and the portrayal of women in sensual settings. The collection portrayed these popular yet polarising images in textured metallic fabrics and severe yet delicate silhouettes that celebrated the feminine body.
5. Louis Vuitton x Yayoi Kusama (2023)
Above Louis Vuitton x Yayoi Kusama Drop 2 (Photo: courtesy of Louis Vuitton)
Above Yayoi Kusama in front of her work in 2013 (Photo: Getty Images)
Louis Vuitton x Yayoi Kusama Drop 2 (Photo: courtesy of Louis Vuitton)
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Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama and Louis Vuitton share a history of connecting the dots between fashion and art, first in 2012 and then again ten years later, through their collaborations that featured Kusama’s signature trippy polka dots in outfits and accessories. In March 2023, a third collaboration dropped with another round of monogrammed accessories featuring Kusama’s colourful pumpkins, flowers and faces—there’s even one handbag shaped like Kusama’s famous gourd.
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Amalissa Hall was the style writer at Tatler Hong Kong. Primarily focused on writing digital articles, she covers news, tracks trends and interviews experts from the fashion, beauty and wellness industries, as well as entertainment spheres. Interview highlights include Formula One driver Alex Albon, award-winning costume designer Jany Temime and prolific make-up artist Lisa Eldridge.
She has also produced print stories featuring make-up artists, perfumiers and other upcoming figures discussing Asian representation on social media, sharing industry insight and trends as well as explaining new approaches to wellness in Hong Kong.
