Pop Art And Fashion

Pop art and fashion. Just as pop art challenged traditional fine art values after world war ii newly mass produced fashions fueled by consumerism emerged to usurp fashion as a pastime for only the elite. Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the united kingdom and the united states during the late 1940s to the mid to late 1950s. 1956 signaled that pop art had arrived on the scene. These chic examples of pop art inspired fashion are showcasing just how influential aspects of modern day pop culture are becoming in clothing designs and accessories.

Yves saint laurent co founder pierre bergé once offered the following ditty. Pop artists didn t only use fashion in their work they also used fashion designers. Since pop art emerged in the 1950s it has gone hand in hand with the fashion industry. With a long history of cross pollination the worlds of art and fashion have collided regularly in the decades since pop art began.

Pop art which emerged early in the 1950s was a representation of pop culture and modern influences during that era. The collage appeared in the show this is tomorrow at whitechapel art gallery in 1956 so we might say that this work of art and this exhibition mark the official beginning of the movement even though the artists worked on pop art themes earlier in their careers. Fashion is not art but it needs an artist to create it and the two disciplines have frequently bled into one another. Pop art in fashion.

During milan men s fashion week last month i spotted a photograph of warhol by antonio lopez in an exhibition at 10 corso como on until april in blazer striped tie clear framed glasses and. Rebellious against elitist values pop art embraced mundane life experiences introducing aspects of mass culture and bringing art closer to the new generation of americans who were beginning to experience all the benefits of america s consumer paradise in post war america. The 1960s saw the first example of a fashion collection openly inspired by pop art. The movement presented a challenge to traditions of fine art by including imagery from popular and mass culture such as advertising comic books and mundane mass produced cultural objects.

Ever since pop art emerged in the fifties it has been going hand in hand with the fashion industry rebelling against elitist values and self reflexive expressionist movement pop art embraced mundane living experiences introducing aspects of mass culture and bringing art closer to the new generation of americans who were starting to experience all benefits of the consumer paradise in the.