Alivia A. Esterly
CRS 231-01
October 26,2008
CRS 231-01
October 26,2008
Fashion: Art or Usability?
Milan's fashion week is known for not only its world renown designers but for the artistic and in some cases unwearable designs. Looking through many of the designers from Milan's fashion week (such as Versace, Gucci, MaxMara, Dsquared, and Marni) many of the designers clothing seemed wearable. Two designers that I felt stood out above the rest were Versace and MaxMara; both of which had very wearable collections.
Versace's collection was extremely sculpted pieces. He used hearts as an inspiration all throughout his collection and he also incorporated zippers all though out his collection. He did not just use the zippers to fasten and be a closure to his clothing, as is the norm. Versace used zippers as a decorative touch to his clothing to give the pieces their shape as well as form some of the many hearts you see on his clothing through out his collection. He has a very high class feel to this collection and while it shows his clothing as forms of art the pieces we see are also extremely wearable.
MaxMara has a very wearable collection as well. His clothing had a very masculine feel to it. None of the pieces he brought to the runway were extremely form fitting. The clothing had a very professional/business look to them. I saw many blazers, long pencil slacks, and there was even a piece that looked to me like a mechanic's jumpsuit. MaxMara's collection was not very sculpted at all, it was an extremely wearable collection that could easily be worn on a day to day basis in an office setting.
Versace's collection was extremely sculpted pieces. He used hearts as an inspiration all throughout his collection and he also incorporated zippers all though out his collection. He did not just use the zippers to fasten and be a closure to his clothing, as is the norm. Versace used zippers as a decorative touch to his clothing to give the pieces their shape as well as form some of the many hearts you see on his clothing through out his collection. He has a very high class feel to this collection and while it shows his clothing as forms of art the pieces we see are also extremely wearable.
MaxMara has a very wearable collection as well. His clothing had a very masculine feel to it. None of the pieces he brought to the runway were extremely form fitting. The clothing had a very professional/business look to them. I saw many blazers, long pencil slacks, and there was even a piece that looked to me like a mechanic's jumpsuit. MaxMara's collection was not very sculpted at all, it was an extremely wearable collection that could easily be worn on a day to day basis in an office setting.
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