Beth Lowry - Fashion: 1925 - 1939 SURREALISM

SURREALISM
Surrealism is a literary and artistic movement of dream-like expressionism. The authors and movers of this movement were specifically obsessed with capturing imagination and solving the mysteries that lie beneath the subconscious matters of the human mind.
SALVADOR DALI
Dali was a draftsman who was best known for the bizarre images in his surrealism work. Dali's artistic repertoire includes film, sculptor, and photography, in collaboration with a range of other artists in a variety of media. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters.

http://all-that-is-interesting.com/most-iconic-surrealist-paintings

MAN RAY
Man Ray belonged to both Dadaist and Surrealist group. He created pieces that are still questioned today. Ray is also known for creating his own type of photograph, which he names after himself, 'Rayographs.'

http://www.invisible-design.it/en/stories/art/rayograph/

SURREALISM FASHION
I went onto a article on www.elle.com, that was all about Surrealism inspired fashion. This article showed many fashion moments, and garments that were designed by well known fashion designers that were influenced by the movement Surrealism.

He dressed women in feathers and shells; topped their heads with birds, butterflies, and topiaries; and transformed them into chess pieces and denizens of Plato's mythical Atlantis. But it was one of Alexander McQueen's earliest collections that was most directly rooted in surrealism. His spring 1997 show, "La Poupée," was dedicated to surrealist photographer Hans Bellmer. And though there were no literal references to the bound and distorted dolls that Bellmer caught on film, McQueen did explore notions of the manipulated body on the runway, introducing his bumster trouser and accessorizing a model in a cage-like contraption that let's just say did not become the next big trend at retail.

http://www.elle.com/fashion/g8486/fashion-moments-inspired-by-surrealism/

ALEXANDER MCQUEEN,1997
Alexander Mcqueen spring 1997 show 'La Poupee' was dedicated to surrealist photographer Hans Bellmer. Although there was no literal references to Hans Film, McQueen did explore notions of the manipulated body on the runway.

And then there was Jean Paul Gaultier's version of Schiaparelli's skeleton dress for his fall 2006 collection, which he titled "Les Surréalistes." The topper? A chapeau that appeared to be made from the model's own hair.

http://www.elle.com/fashion/g8486/fashion-moments-inspired-by-surrealism/

JEAN PAUL GAULTIER, 2006
Here is Jean's version of Schiaparelli's skeleton dress for his Fall 2006 collection. He titled it 'Les Surrealistes.' The hat seems to be made from the model's own hair.

"It is all about seduction. It's bold. It's daring. It's strong. And it has humor," said Diane von Furstenberg of her fall 2012 show titled "Rendezvous." The humor came courtesy of surrealism, with lips and clocks accenting handbags, beaded eyes embellishing dresses, and trompe l'oeil hands placed in such a way that you just had to wonder what kind of meeting the designer had in mind!

http://www.elle.com/fashion/g8486/fashion-moments-inspired-by-surrealism/

DIANE VON FURSTENBERG, 2012
Diane's fall 2012 show is titled 'Rendezvous.' She says her work is bold, daring, strong and it's humour. The humour came courtesy of surrealism, with lips and clock accenting handbags. Dresses with beaded eye embellishments and trompe l'oeil hands placed in weird places.

Beth Lowry - Fashion

Sunday 4 October 2015

1925 - 1939 SURREALISM

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