See How Picasso’s Explosive Cubist Style Inspired All the Most Daring Looks From Moschino’s Fall 2020 Milan Runway Show
Fashion designer Jeremy Scott, the creative director
of Moschino, got crafty with his latest runway presentation at
Milan Fashion Week, serving up looks pulled straight from the
Modernist pantheon.
In a sweeping homage to Pablo Picasso, each of his ensembles
were variations on his paintings, sculptural collages, and his
general use of color and geometry. None of the models had misplaced
eyeballs or distorted faces, but there were a fair number of
fractured ensembles that alluded to Picasso’s Cubist
tendencies.
For art historians in the audience, there were nods to the 1907
painting Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, the artist’s
lifetime obsession with minotaurs, and an actual
three-dimensional guitar-dress.
In the interest of academic rigor, we’ve paired some of the best
looks from the show with their artistic antecedents.
Les
Demoiselles
D’Avignon (1907)
A flesh-toned palette inspired by
Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907). Courtesy of
MoMA.
A 3-D rendition of
Picasso’s Guitar (1912–14)
Picasso’s Guitar (1912–14)
inspired a wild and stunning dress. Courtesy of MoMA.
Stripes a la Picasso’s
nautical portrait Le Marin (1943), complete with a bulbous
hand
Sailor stripes in an homage to Picasso’s
Le Marin (1943), on the right. © 2018 Estate of Pablo
Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Image courtesy of
Christie’s.
Picasso’s
muse Femme au beret et a la robe quadrillee (Marie-Therese
Walter)
Picasso’s Femme au beret et
a la robe quadrillee (Marie-Therese Walter) alongside
the look it inspired. Photo: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty
Images.
A more subdued palette for
recalled Picasso’s King of the
Minotaurs (1958)
Picasso’s obsession with minotaurs, as
in King of the Minotaurs were translated into various
accessories.
Acrobatic argyle as seen
in Arlequin assis (1901)
Left, Bella Hadid wears a harlequin
ensemble, a lot like Picasso’s Arlequin assis (1901).
A recent lot offered at
Christie’s Homme et femme nus (1968)
A fractured green-and-black outfit
recalls Picasso’s Homme et femme nus (1968). Courtesy of
Christie’s Images Ltd.
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