Wearable Canvases Edit
Painted Dresses

A recently emerging fashion trend has designers asserting their believe that “fashion is art” by transforming their designs into a living painting. The dresses are treated as a canvas and exquisitely painted as an artistic painting.

Designers who have jumped on this bandwagon, as illustrated in the main image, include YSL Resort ‘08 (modeled by Demi Moore), Dolce & Gabbana spring ‘08, and the new Twelfth Street collection by Cynthia Vincent. And I have to say that YSL and Dolce win the artistic battle hands down.

Check out more images from the Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2008 painted-fashion and Nordstrom Spring 08 campaign:

Visual Extravaganza Ads - Dolce & Gabbana Women Spring/Summer 2008 (GALLERY)

Dolce & Gabbana’s Spring/Summer 2008 women’s ad campaign embodies the designers’ vision for the season - a perfect fusion of fashion and art - with hand painted dresses shot in an artist’s studio setting. Unlike previous campaigns, the statement isn’t about sex, which is what we would expect f… [More]

Fashion Meets Art - Nordstrom Spring 08 Ads (GALLERY)

For their Spring 2008 Ads, Nordstrom has teamed up with artist Ruben Toledo who painted 20-by-30 foot walls to serve as a backdrop for the models which were shot by fashion photographer Ruven Afanador. Toledo even painted ON the models for the campaign. The result is an artistic and stylish eye-cand… [More]