DosViolines said:Great thread Goya
I'll sniff around the web to see what I can find
sourceSchiaparelli's close contact with Salvador Dali led to a great many surrealistic designs in her clothes, as well as a range of accessories many of which were a statement rather than intended to be worn on the street.
DosViolines said:Elsa Schiaparelli, "Lobster-dress", 1937. Organza blanc et rouge.
Philadelphia Museum of Modern Art.
source: http://www.art-memoires.com/lmter/l5254/53ildaliddd.htm
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Salvador Dalí
Lobster Telephone
1936
source: tate.org.uk
seeing_double said:Great thread Goya. Welcome to TFS!
Estella Mare said:here's the related thread:
http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums/f49/clothes-inspired-fine-art-27423.html?highlight=art
piep said:in fact the print on the stella mccartney dress is by jeff koons "Her choice of color and print caught the general season's drift of whites, pale blues and grays, and art-based patterns (in her case, inspired by Jeff Koons), but she wasn't stressing over being über trendy." style.com review, or see article
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20051007/ai_n15672783
but it sure looks as if koons was inspired by wesselman!