Art and usability

Milan fashion week showcased more art inspired RTW than other fashion weeks for Spring 09.

The art aspects came in with prints, patterns, structured fabrics and colors.  All of the collections that I viewed seemed very artistic yet very wearable by a semi-normal woman or man and were all easily viewed as something you could see in a store window.

Dolce and Gabbana's collection was very Brothers Grimm inspired.  The images of the models in plaids and hoods and capes were very reminiscent of "Little Red Riding Hood."  Even the art work in the classic illustrations of the story.

http://www.milanfashionshows.com/fall2008/d&g/pages/d_and_g_aw08_005.htm 

                               

For the Clips collection, the prints and colors all were very much like paintings that would be displayed in a home.  The colors were very eye catching but not too crazy to be seen as wearable.  This could very well appeal to any woman that wanted a statement piece in their wardrobe.

http://www.milanfashionshows.com/fall2008/clips/pages/clips_aw08038.htm

 The art aspect of fashion is something that makes such a statement and gets peoples attention.  It can be statuesque or like an art piece in a museum.  It can be a reflection of the person wearing artistic clothing and what they view as beautiful art.  It is all very wearable by anyone, not just higher class people that want to look expensive.  An ordinary person could make such an impression with just one artistic piece of clothing.