Vera Wang RTW Spring 2009
Style.com reports that the influence for this collection was the artist, Niki de Saint Phalle. Vera Wang has delivered collections influenced by the works of Mark Rothko, Matisse and Kees Van Dongen. It is exciting to see what artist or movement will inspire her every season. It also makes me dig out my neglected art history text books. Niki de Saint Phalle was a French Vogue cover model along with a important artist in the Nouveau Réalisme movement. She is famous for her "Shooting Paintings". She would shoot a .22 caliber rifle at a "wooden base board on which containers of paint were laid, then covered with plaster". The bullets would hit the paint containers and the spillage would be the art. Niki de Saint Phalle most recognizable art is her large colorful public sculptures. Many are peppered throughout California.
The true star of the Vera Wang show was not the clothing but the jewelry. While the clothing was dainty and whispery, the jewelry was bold
and colossal. I think this could be the true lemming monster moment of the season.
Credits: Style.com,Niki de Saint Phalle's Red Sun 1990 and Reve de Jeune Fille 1972-via Art.com and wikipedia
and colossal. I think this could be the true lemming monster moment of the season.
Credits: Style.com,Niki de Saint Phalle's Red Sun 1990 and Reve de Jeune Fille 1972-via Art.com and wikipedia
Labels: Art Influences, Spring Collections 2009, Vera Wang
posted by Annieytown @ 4:36 AM
1 Inspired Comments
1 Inspired Comments:
I love Niki de Saint Phalle! And Vera too, so it's great to have them together! If you go to Nice, go by the Hotel Negresco -- they have a big Nana sculpture in front. She also wrote the most charming letters. She had sort of curlicue handwriting, and then she'd doodle and make swirls on the margins -- individual stationery, if you will. She had a wonderful sense of whimsy.
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