Art vs. Fashion #2

While being in Florence, we received Firenze cards, which give us a free pass into over 60 museums here. Our assignment is to find a current garment fall/winter 2013/2014 and find a painting from the renaissance period that compliments it. 

Sant'Agostino nello studio, Sandro Botticelli, 1490-1494, Uffizi Gallery

Balmain, Fall 2013 Ready-To-Wear

Each renaissance painting has a specific mood to it. This outfit is very similar to the mood of this renaissance piece of artwork. There is a very dark, masculine mood in both. At the top of the painting there is intricate,structured details in the architecture. This goes along with the details in the leather at the chest and shoulders of the Balmain dress. The quilted leather almost matches the details in the ceiling of the painting. Also the way the curtain drapes to one side matches the beautiful red draping of the skirt of the dress. This displays how everything can inspire fashion. Not just the design details of fashion in art, but the art itself. 

Photo Credit:

www.polomuseale.firenze.it/en/musei/index.php?m=uffizi

www.style.com/fashionshows/review/F2013RTW-BALMAIN (look37)