This summer, Raf Simons’ first haute couture show at Christian Dior took place in a room with walls of colorful fresh flowers.
The fresh flower room of the Christian Dior show
Since the 18th century, Westerners began printing and drawing floral motifs on silk or weaving damask fabric.
Also in this century, flowers began to appear on royal costumes.
Dolce&Gabbana printed floral motifs on still life paintings of the Baroque period, and fairies of Italian painting on everyday clothes in the Fall-Winter 2012 collection. Realistically painted flowers in bright colors, standing out on a dark background (flower painting motif
Dolce&Gabbana printed floral motifs on still life paintings of the Baroque period and the faeries of Italian painting
Floral motifs of dark tones or printed on dark backgrounds are typical of Fall-Winter fashion.
Besides the floral motifs of European and Gothic painting, the flowers of Oriental silk paintings, the floral motifs of wallpaper or the floral motifs of Pop art in the 60’s also appear in the collections of
The flowers of Fall-Winter 2012 reject the laws of nature, blooming large, sturdy flowers, expressing uniqueness and strong personality.
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