As for dress as Art, as you may immediately think of art as objects in a gallery or a museum, there are a few dresses no one could say has nothing to do with art.







The first one I want to show is the "Mondrian" day dress made by YSL in 1965. It is an example of a dress made from an already existing, and famous, work of art and can be seen in The Metropolitan Museum of Arts time line; www.metmuseum.org/.../
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Then I can't help adding the "Souper dress" (ca 1966-67, New York) inspired by the work of Andy Warhol. The dress is made from paper and was actually made for an ad campaign by Campbell's soup. There are a few copies in museums, the Metropolitan has one, but if you are into it, lucky and rich you could go find one on e-bay!

Intro

Fashion has always been the bastard child when it comes to art discussions.Though there are many scholars out there who eagerly try to convince the world that clothes are just as much part of our culture (or more) as paintings, sculpture and music (to name a few), for the fashion industry that doesn't seem to be enough. I will try to get more into the subject by looking at the growing trend of using respected artists for doing all kinds of prints in one´s collection. Like Stella McCartney's use of Jeff Koon's rabbit sculpture in her accessories collection to name one. In a time when haute couture is a hype, when every garment itself is looked upon as a piece of art ,it feels like a none the less relevant subject. But more on that to come!