art, Chanel November 2, 2011

Wearing arts on your body.


  Since textile print become a important branch of fashion, especially digital print  more and more popular in the fashion industry,  fashion designers have more inspirations than before (and the means and technology to use older prints). Painting art is always the favorite and biggest inspiration of designers, artistic print design makes the whole outfit look unique and interesting, print is a great way to show modern feminine taste,  now we have many chances to “wear arts on our body.”
    As a illustrator I couldn’t help myself but to fall in love with art prints.  
    Many of my friend saw me and said ” My god you are so crazy how could you mix so many different paintings on your outfit.” I remembered that I post a similar outfit before, during fashion week I mixed these 2 drawing pattern items again. D&G skirt used italian Renaissance painting as print,  from 14th–17th centuries,Renaissance was one of the most important art style in western art history, artist started to paint gentle,peaceful and warm topics compared to older religious paintings. Which was not much about anything really but biblical figures, stories of (and i hope no one if offended if they have beliefs this is just fact of art) very bloody tales, sacrifice, mythology and other forms of religious themed depictions.  Yohji Yamamoto blazer used 20s Asian beauty poser as inspirations, in the beginning of  20s century, Asia culture absorbed so much western cultures, 20s-30s beauty poser used western realistic style with asian brush painted method. There is a big contrast between Western classic art and Eastern art deco business painting, but somehow the gentle realistic style make they are fits each other. You also can tell the difference from European art and Asian art, isn’t interesting?
    Artistic painted print is a representational way to keep timeless elements and create a new fashion style, It feels different to wear painting on your self as dress. As if a clear statement of personal tastes displayed for all to see. After all I would not ever wear anything if I did not like it. So the pictures I would wear or have printed on my clothes much be something I consider myself as “Art”.  It isn’t anything new to combine the two mediums, yet it is always an eye catching style. Print can be also fun not only something constrained to classical art form but also modern, pop-art. Lastly, sometimes it can be thought that using this print type of a lazy form of fashion, but….im sure that it takes a brave designer to mix threw two mediums and make it work and look fashionable, stylish. 


Sunglasses by Chanel Vintage
Shirt from Vintage shop
Blazer by Yohji Yamamoto
Skirt by D&G
Bag by Celine
Heels by Melissa
illustration by Nancy.Z
Photography by M.Yu, T.Cui, Yi.Yang

I met Uliana that day after Lanvin show, She is a real elegant princess in the modern time. And she said she saw her drawing from my impressions of street project, how amazing!

                       Inspiration#1- Renaissance Art

Titian‘s “Salome” and “Flora”, whatever religious topic or fairy tale works, Titan’s work are always be smooth,gentle,peaceful.
Raphael was one of the best artist during Renaissance era, even in the western art history.
The women character from his art has gentle,peaceful expressions and amazing shapes,
His ideal style becomes an icon of Renaissance.

             Inspiration 2-   1920s Asian Beauty poster.
                     Classic art inspired Design

          Balenciaga 2008FW, the jacket design was inspired by Chinese painting. 

Wall scroll painted by Ma Lin in 1246. Ink on silk, 110.5 cm wide.

Luoshenfu by Gu Kaizhi (344-406 AD)

Stella Mccartney 2010 Resort collections use digital print to pay tribute to Pierre-Joseph Redoute.
Pierre ‘s floral works are very in details and elegant.
Mary katrantzou 2011 Fw collections used many Chinese Ming and Qing dynasty’s decoration art.

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