We Re-envision Spring/summer ’17’s Most Artisticleaning Looks as Iconic Portraits by Master Painters.
We Re-envision Spring/summer ’17’s Most Artisticleaning Looks as Iconic Portraits by Master Painters.
The Orientalist influences at Gucci evoke the sensuous beauty of Rembrandt’s Flora (1634). Embroidered silk kimono, and wood and paper fan, Gucci.
The graphic cuts and sensuous movements of Jonathan Saunders’ debut at Diane von Furstenberg is reminiscent of Picasso’s 1907 seminal Cubist work, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. Silk wrap dress, matching top and wrap skirt, Diane von Furstenberg.
The work of fashion’s Renaissance woman – Miuccia Prada – gets reinterpreted as the raiments of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa (circa 1503–06). Tweed cropped top, matching shorts, wool turtleneck, and mink fur stole with ostrich feathers, Prada. Lace socks and leather platform flats, Gucci.
The eclectic references – bats and oversized calla lilies – of J.W. Anderson at Loewe this season parallels the surrealist influences of Frida Kahlo, whose works include Self-portrait With Thorn Necklace And Hummingbird (1940). Cotton midi dress, Loewe.
Like the dreamy scene of Flower Seller (1942) by Mexican painter Diego Rivera, Chanel’s lacy pieces have a gentle, delicate and feminine quality about them. On both: Silk crepe and lace robes, silk slip dresses, metal chokers with glass pearls and crystals, metal chain belts with crystals, and leather flats, Chanel.
PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANTS ANDREW GOH & SHELLEY LIEW / STYLING ASSISTANT SAPPHIRE CHIN / HAIR PETER LEE/HAIRLOOM, USING GOLDWELL / MAKEUP MELISSA YEO & RICK YANG/FAC3INC, ASSISTED BY ZIV TEE, USING NARS / MODELS JESKE, HELGA & SABI/MANNEQUIN.
