Category: History of Architecture & Fashion
The brief history of the connection between clothing and shelter 6
Margiela’s work with deconstruction in fashion was very conceptual. He used part of vintage cloths and resembling them which resulted in cloths that seem completely new. Just what Frank Gehry did in Architecture in 1977/1994 […]
The brief history of the connection between clothing and shelter 5
In an essay by Patricia Mears “Fraying the Edges; Fashion and Deconstruction.” Mears shows that deconstruction in Fashion is not as theoretically influenced as that of architecture. In the early collections of Comme des Garcons […]
The brief history of the connection between clothing and shelter 4
Over the last 25 years globalisation and information technology led to developments in both fields of Fashion and Architecture. In 1980s, Gianni Versace and Hermes both used the classical motifs-the Greek pretor key pattern. column […]
André Courrèges, Lord of the Space Ladies (1923-2016)
“Where do his tennis dresses, his sailor dresses come from? Where did he find them? On the steps of Delphi. In the wardrobe of Electra. They are modern and they are antique,” wrote Violette Leduc […]
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The work of Paul Poiret in Fashion industry has some Art Nouveau´s popular curvilinear shapes of the late nineteenth century. In this time the simplicity of form and fluid ornamentation was important. the shapes coming […]
The brief history of the connection between clothing and shelter 2
In 1850s, the prefabrication in building materials and steel construction made more open architecture and lighter spaces. The use of fewer structural elements in construction building. The Crystal Palace, designed by Joseph Paxton for the […]
The brief history of the connection between clothing and shelter 1
Cultural and economical conditions has always influences architecture and fashion. The connection between buildings and clothings goes back to the ice-age. In ancient Greece, the iconic tunic out of wool which was made from a […]
Architecture and Fashion from early 80s
Both Fashion and Architecture contributed started to contribute to each other from early 80s. In fact in April 1981 two Japanese fashion designers, Kawakubo and Yohji Yamamoto presented their work in Paris. Their designs were […]
Comme Des Garçon
The fashion and Architecture have a great deal in common. Although Fashion is thought more delicate, fragile, superficial and architecture is considered rigid, durable, monumental. Also in terms of scale, fashion is designed the size […]
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