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FROM OPTICAL TO PSYCHEDELIA: ART & FASHION

Since ancient times, historical events have strongly influenced the artistic sphere , leading the latter to a cultural fusion.
Art , in fact, must be understood as a true expressive form that has made humanity free to relate through its own creativity .

The 1960s were incisive. A succession of artistic currents have generated the fusion of styles, arts and expressiveness that have developed in our contemporaneity . The greatest artists of the twentieth century saw their art transformed, witnessing a metamorphosis that established a common thread between art and fashion .

Yves Saint Laurent

One of the most striking demonstrations is the presentation of Yves Saint Laurent 's '65 Fall/Winter collection , inspired by the works of the painter Piet Mondrian . The French designer created cocktail dresses , made of wool and jersey, which hid the complexity of the workmanship behind the lines of Mondrian's compositions.

The collection was so successful, it ended up on the cover of Vogue , launching the...

Op-Art

Contrasting geometries and colors became the fulcrum of those years, giving rise to an essential link between art and fashion. Two worlds that seemed distant began to coexist.

The '60s and '70s saw the rise of the Optical style , an artistic movement that made the fashion , art and design of those times iconic.
Composed of geometric graphics and saturated colors , horizontal, vertical lines and monochrome , Op Art was born in the 1960s in America, inspired by post-war expressionism and the studies conducted within the Bauhaus .

From expressionist research towards dynamism up to movement in Op-art . From the geometric rigor and clean lines of the Bauhaus to the concrete example of the Optical , in which order and chaos coexist.

Bridget Riley

The optical style influenced numerous sectors, strongly entering the collective imagination of that youth constantly searching for an alternative vision of art and life , but also of fashion .

Thus, a true expressive revolution in art took hold, which saw among the most important exponents Bridget Riley , an English artist whose works had the honor of obtaining the International Prize for Painting at the Venice Biennale in...

Composed of optical and three-dimensional phenomena, black and white circles and lines, Riley 's works were so inspiring that they were taken as an example by an American manufacturer who transformed them into wonderful clothes. The latter made an important contribution to the spread of optical patterns throughout the world.

From Cocò Chanel to Paul Pauret , the Black & White of the Optical style acquired significant importance.

Psychedelia

As the years passed, fashion catwalks saw art excel in all its forms, retracing the history of numerous artists and elevating the most important currents of the twentieth century.

Miuccia Prada 's Fall/Winter 2012-2013 collection was a blast from the past, through the launch of a new reinterpretation of Mondrian's abstract art . Miu Miu , Luis Vuitton and Moschino Cheap , however, returned to the fashion of the Beatles and Carnaby Street.

Without limits to the imagination , there was no longer any fear of combinations. Geometric prints overlapped and risky colors mixed, giving life to psychedelic motifs . Clothes with a graphic style were reminiscent of American "optical art" . Guess , Max Mara and Simona Barbieri for Twin-Set walked the most impressive catwalks.

Vortices of abstract and extravagant fantasies gave life to psychedelia , which returned to fascinate fashion with clothes and accessories with a hippie flavor of that San Francisco of the 1960s . An unconventional style , with fluid lines, which merged art and fashion , returning to dominate the 2000s collections .

From Philosophy by Lorenzo Serafini to Stella Mccartney , the catwalks were immersed in color and unlikely geometries.

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Emilio Pucci & Millyblu

The 2000s saw “hypnotic” dresses, tops and swimsuits return to fashion trends , right up to the present day.

From the fluid and bright print of the fall/winter 2023-2024 collection by Emilio Pucci , to the Summer Capsule 2023 “Onda” by Millyblu which saw a true work of art transformed into a timeless fantasy , parading on the Red Carpet of the eightieth edition of the Venice International Film Festival.

Evolving energies

New creations come to life, wrapped in a mix of new energies , which with a look at the past, run towards the future , evolving in a new contemporaneity.