I did a roundup of Austin architecture for Architizer, and I discovered this building, designed by Studio 8 Architects, that recalled a Piet Mondrian painting! (By the way, there are also Mondrian-inspired dresses and Mondrian-inspired cakes.)
Claude Monet: “Madame Louis Joachim Gaudibert,” 1868, courtesy of the Musee d’Orsay, currently at “Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity” at the Met.
“One sees that the painter loves his own time, like Claude Monet, and that he thinks one can be an artist even if one paints frock coats.” - Zola
Halston channels Jackson Pollock! (Dress, 1969, The Goldstein Museum of Design)
(Source: omgthatdress)
Andy Warhol bags! From the Christian Dior Fall 2013 show.
Andy Warhol illustrations on a Christian Dior dress, from the Fall 2013 collection, shown earlier today.
Édouard Manet: “The Parisienne” (ca. 1875)
“The latest fashion … is absolutely necessary for a painting. It’s what maters most.” - Édouard Manet, 1881
Image courtesy of Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Read my preview of the Met’s “Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity” here.
Jean-Frédéric Bazille: “Family Reunion” (1867); Claude Monet: “Luncheon on the Grass” (1865-66); Monet: “Women in the Garden” (1866)
The Metropolitan Museum’s wonderful “Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity” is open! See my preview over at ELLE.com.
Images courtesy of the Musee d’Orsay and the Met
For the Oscars on Sunday, Nicole Kidman wore a sparkling L’Wren Scott gown from the designer’s most recent collection, inspired by Klimt’s Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer.
Super Model with a Pearl Earring: My fashion shoots inspired by paintings article was published at the Atlantic! Check it out!
Venceslao Verlin: An Interior With Elegant Company, c. 1770
Who knew that LEOPARD PRINT was popular — and for men! — in the 18th century?
Hat tip to Museum at FIT, who tweeted this painting.
