Helium Magazine | Silicon Valley | » Art of Fashion http://sjhelium.com Helium is lifting fashion from the shadows of Silicon Valley Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:22:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 The Art of Fashion: Christian Lacroix http://sjhelium.com/2009/09/19/the-art-of-fashion-christian-lacroix/ http://sjhelium.com/2009/09/19/the-art-of-fashion-christian-lacroix/#comments Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:13:33 +0000 Calli Perez http://sjhelium.com/?p=768 l00240m887285729_ec47abbb9914One of the more obvious and celebrated examples from this upcoming season’s couture would be Christian Lacroix’s finale an eau de nil satin wedding gown with a gilded headdress.  Lacroix is known for being influenced by history and reinventing  through bright colors, intricate patterns, and textures.  After 22 years of designing under his own label, Christian Lacroix has bid adieu.  Ending his show with a bang, this beautifully embellished wedding dress made the model look more like a devotional painting of a saint or the Virgin Mary rather than a bride.  The dress included elaborate lace sleeves, embroidered gold crosses, and colorful roses scattered on the shoulders, around the wrists and at the hem.  It is safe to assume that this French designer picked up a little inspiration from his studies of art history at University of Montpellier, the Sorbonne in Paris, and the Louvre Museum.  This piece would not be my choice for a wedding dress, but it certainly is beautiful to look at.  It reminds me of some of these Spanish and Russian church icons.  The bride is truly being adorned by this dress, as these saints are being adorned in these paintings.

]]> http://sjhelium.com/2009/09/19/the-art-of-fashion-christian-lacroix/feed/ 0 The Art of Fashion http://sjhelium.com/2009/09/05/the-art-of-fashion/ http://sjhelium.com/2009/09/05/the-art-of-fashion/#comments Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:40:17 +0000 Calli Perez http://sjhelium.com/?p=599 I can remember being a little girl walking through art museums with my mom.  I quickly fell in love with the impressionist paintings. The bright use of colors, the thick swirls of paint, I remember wishing that the world could be as immensely beautiful as these works of art.

My name is Calli Perez, I am now twenty and an aspiring journalist.  Along with writing, I love to draw, design, and study art, particularly fashion.

I love to travel and to experience other parts of the world.  I love ideas and objects that set out to make the world a more beautiful place.  Whether it be the splatter on a canvas or the stitching on a hemline, I take leisure when surrounded by all artistic and creative.

When dealing with art, I have learned that inspiration is key in creation, which is what my blog is all about.  Taking runway fashion, particularly Fall 2009, and finding where they derived from. Whether it be consciously, subconsciously, or merely coincidental, designers’ collections seem to have striking resemblances to many pieces found in art history that leave their audiences with the sense of deja vu.

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