Fashion through the Eyes of Paintings and Illustrations
Sooo, I really hope there isn't a thread like this cause I couldn't find it.
I just wanted to look at fashion from a different perspective and going back in time and simultaneously learning more about art.
Here are some that I found:
Gustav Klimt
Oh he is great! The clothes and decoration play a big part in his paintings, very inspiring.
{flickr: waltk, freeparking, le petite lapin, mestres da pintura/allposters}
I love the way Boldini rendered clothing in his portraits...he managed to make duchesse satin and corsetry move, it looks so light.
pintoresfamosos.cl/wikimedi.org/operagloves.com
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All I want to do is fur pants, but I know, like, if I do them I'll get stoned off of Seventh Avenue like some kind of wanton heretic or something. So there won't be any fur pants coming down my runway - Isaaz Mizrahi my blog - random musings of a fashion fiend
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All I want to do is fur pants, but I know, like, if I do them I'll get stoned off of Seventh Avenue like some kind of wanton heretic or something. So there won't be any fur pants coming down my runway - Isaaz Mizrahi my blog - random musings of a fashion fiend
Such a great thread, I am glad I found this! Paintings, portraits especially, seem to be able to convey the beauty of clothing much better than photographs. I think painters capture the movement and three-dimensionality wonderfully.
John Singer Sargent is definitely someone that needs to be included in this thread. His perhaps most famous painting "Madame X" caused a huge scandal since the clothing portrayed was thought highly unacceptable. That's not the only painting of his that I think portrays clothing in a great way.
(sources: artcyclopedia,wikipedia)
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"Because of all sorts of cloth have their motions, as well as Bodies, it must needs that they differ in themselves." -Lomazzo
Franz Xaver Winterhalter's portrait of Elizabeth of Austria wearing a white Worth dress and glancing over her shoulder defines Charles Frederick Worth's work for me.
(source:wikipedia)
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"Because of all sorts of cloth have their motions, as well as Bodies, it must needs that they differ in themselves." -Lomazzo
I can't help but be amazed over and over again by the garments and jewellery worn by Queen Elizabeth I in the portraits of her... here are some of my favourites, from various artists of the period. The symbolism behind the Renaissance portrait dress is fascinating.
(source:university of essex website)
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"Because of all sorts of cloth have their motions, as well as Bodies, it must needs that they differ in themselves." -Lomazzo
Right now I am into 17th century portraits... and find myself a great fan of Sir Peter Lely's (a Dutch-born painter in the English court during the Restoration). I wish I had a scanner, since I have this book which features many of his best works which I haven't been able to find online.
(source:artcyclopedia, wikipedia)
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"Because of all sorts of cloth have their motions, as well as Bodies, it must needs that they differ in themselves." -Lomazzo
interesting thread! i love looking at paintings from the past for inspiration
the last 3rd picture from klimt instantly remind me of original jeanne lanvin. that innocent child like poofyness and the white with the flowers.
saw this at the tate a while back that i really like. this painting caused quite a stir when it was shown because of her tight hour-glass dress and the frank presentation of her body language. here a chaperone separates a young man from his object of desire, the girl with the fan who hides her satisfaction and excitement behind her fan
The Gallery of HMS Calcutta (Portsmouth) 1876 by James Tissot
james tissot has a way of telling the story through the clothing the women wear in his painting and her body language.
some of my favorites
James Tissot 1836-1902
Portsmouth Dockyard
circa 1877
tate.org, artdaily.com, photobucket
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my right hand is still screaming 'ahh' at my left hand
i think one of the reasons i like the renaissance and more classic art is because there is often so much beautiful detail in the clothes (a great place for artists to show some skill i think)
I can't help but be amazed over and over again by the garments and jewellery worn by Queen Elizabeth I in the portraits of her... here are some of my favourites, from various artists of the period. The symbolism behind the Renaissance portrait dress is fascinating.
White, I just wrote a whole essay on the Elizabethan ruff! I absolutely fell in love with Elizabeth's understanding of sartorial and political power...what she did for 16th century dress was incredible! There are simply no other portraits like those painted of her...
..just
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"...buttoned up to the breast, and made with wings, welts, and pinions on the shoulder points, as mans apparel is for all the world...and though this be a kinde of attire appropriate onely to man, yet they blush not to wear it..."
White, I just wrote a whole essay on the Elizabethan ruff! I absolutely fell in love with Elizabeth's understanding of sartorial and political power...what she did for 16th century dress was incredible! There are simply no other portraits like those painted of her...
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