Wise’s Polysemic Primavera

Style Edit #4 Fashion is an important source of inspiration and subject of study for contemporary artist Chloe Wise. Here, I look at how some of her subjects might dress… She has risen to fame for her saturated portraits often mixing pop cultural elements to criticize consumerism and modern branding, especially from the fashion industry.Continue reading “Wise’s Polysemic Primavera”

Hockney by the Pool

Fashion x Art Edit #2 Keeping with the streak of saturated bold colors for Spring, I turn to the work of David Hockney and imagine a fashionable pool encounter.  David Hockney is famous for his paintings of the sunbathed Californian landscapes and his use of a daring color palette. He alternatively creates psychedelic invitations intoContinue reading “Hockney by the Pool”

O’Keeffe’s Spring

Fashion x Art Edit #1 As we head into Spring and start to remove layers, let’s get inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe vibrant colors. O’Keeffe is most famous for her rendering of New Mexico’s landscapes where she spent most of her life, but also for her modern still lives focusing on flowers. Although some of herContinue reading “O’Keeffe’s Spring”