Looking at the broad historical perspective, people have been considering clothing as an elemental demand that cannot be replaced in human life. Clothes have become a typical topic for not only researchers but also students. That was the reason why I had a trip to a museum of Te Manawa and saw many exhibits there about wearable arts. At the first sight I stepped into the arts area, I started to wonder what the artists created these costumes for. I stopped by an exhibit, called “The Reflection On Time”, which impressed me the most. Wearing a hooded jacket with a jean, I was almost overwhelmed with its magnificence. It was such a pellucid collection of plastics that you can see through and observe every line of the model statue. It brought me a feeling of standing in front of an elegant lady. I had never seen such a pure beauty before. Being a faithful fan of Lady Gaga, I found those unique costumes were very interesting. I then did a research on things called “wearable arts”. Surprisingly, it turned out wearable arts has become a popular term recently. Actually, it is quite difficult to define what wearable arts really are. Basically, wearable art consists of innovative combinations of things which are able to express emotions of the artists or causes emotional reactions in the audience and can be worn in certain circumstances.
Wearable art dated firstly in 1987 at the show called “The World of WearableArt”, (History of world…, n.d., npg). Up to now, it has been about three decades since the first show of wearable art was held by a sculptor, Suzie Moncrieff in Nelson which is a rural city of southern New Zealand, in hope of creating a new form of art gallery performance, (History of world…, n.d., npg). The show has attracted hundr...
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...ortable and easy wear. Some of them can only be worn in particular circumstances. By looking at the future, no one can be certain if wearable arts will be widespread and become a new trend for later generations. As demands in innovation of clothes increase, we can expect a bright development for wearable arts.
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I will also be discussing the influence that Elsa Schiaparelli has been having on the distinct creation of surrealism in fashion, focusing specifically on how she became the leading figure in merging art with fashion by introducing surrealist ideas in her designs. Also her collaborations with artists such as Salvador Dali, Man Ray and Jean Cocteau will be discussed in this essay.
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London: Herbert Press, 2009. Print. The. Rennold Milbank, Caroline. Couture, The Great Designers.
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To begin with, I shall look at what fashion is; it is a currently popular style or practice involving clothing, footwear or accessories. It mostly refers to the current trends in looks and dressing style of a person (Cumming 234). In most cases, fashion is confusedly related to costumes; when a person talks of fashion they are seen to mean fashion in terms of textile. Fashion is seen to originate from the Western world and it is copied by other places. In this paper, we shall look at how fashion affects lifestyles and the group of people who are affected most. The paper further investigates how media is used to transmit fashion from one region to the other. Although it has been seen to affect people’s lives many people have different perspectives on fashion and dressing.
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