Art and Fashion Color Design

Synonyms

Color harmonies for fashion design; Modern art and fashion design; Painted dress; Tactile painting and haute couture

Definition

Art and fashion color design concerns the harmonies of color associations of textile and other materials used for a couturier’s aesthetic project. It is an illustration of collaboration of artists and couturiers on the harmonies of color associations in order to create a personal style. They were more closely tied at the turn of the twentieth century than they are today. Artists did not see the difference between creating an original work of art, such as a painting, and designing a textile pattern that would be reproduced many times over. Each was a valid creative act in their eyes. There are a lot of vivid illustrations of the centuries-long love affair between fashion and art of color. Couturiers are past masters at capturing the contemporary zeitgeistin their designs, while artists have frequently used clothing as a way to give all-round...