Is Fashion not Art?
The Unit 1 Lecture asked the
question, what is art? Then, proceeded to give define art and its many
influences. It ranged from fine art, to abstract, and to obscure art, yet
Fashion or Clothing was not mentioned. It was mentioned as aesthetic or self-expression
but not categorized as Art. Is Fashion not an art form?
Surely, fashion is
not fine art and cannot be done in acrylics but clothing, cloths and the ways
that they are used is in fact an art form. My mother is a seamstress, and I watched
her day in and day out take a description or a photo and put it into fabricated
magic in only 2 days. Clothing speaks to an era and the people who made that
era thrive. One cannot speak of the Victorian era and not think of women in
corsets and extravagant dresses. Just as one cannot think of the vintage fords
and Rosie the Riveter without thinking of polka dot bandanas and high wasted
pants. With 3D painting many painted works of art are even being reproduced as
paintings on pants and clothes. If you ask me what is Art? One of the first things
on my long list would be Clothing.
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