INSPIRED DESIGN
In the spirit of yesterday’s post about the creative relationships between artists working in different fields, check out these three New York designers whose Spring 2012 collections were inspired by varying forms of visual art – illustration, painting, and photography.
Illustration by Michelle Ricks of Yves Saint Laurent’s ‘Mondrian’ Dress (Autumn 1965)
Doo.Ri and Aubrey Beardsley (Illustrator, 1872-1898)
Illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley, Runway image via Style.com
Marchesa and Ilya Repin (Painter, 1844-1930)
Painting: ‘Sadko in the Underwater Kingdom’ (1873) by Ilya Repin, Runway image via Style.com
Prabal Gurung and Nobuyoshi Araki (Photographer, 1940-)
Photographs: From the series ‘Sensual Flowers’ (1997) by Nobuyoshi Araki, Runway image via Style.com
