“Art comes to life in a gallery of surreal proportions. A dress transforms into an artwork, back into a dress and into an artwork again. Poetry becomes reality, morphing back into fantasy.”<\/p>\n
Dutch fashion designer duo\u00a0Viktor & Rolf<\/strong>\u00a0recently unveiled their wearable art collection\u00a0<\/strong>at\u00a0Paris’ Haute Couture Autumn Winter 2015 Fashion week. The Amsterdam-based duo transformed framed canvas artworks\u00a0into\u00a0haute-couture dresses, coats and\u00a0skirts by\u00a0taking them off a wall and draping them over models.<\/a><\/a>Viktor and Rolf unhooked the Baroque-style painting\u00a0from the wall and rearranged them on the models drawing a very thin line between art and fashion. They\u00a0reconfigured the sections of gilded frames and materials onto the models, lifting the pieces over their shoulders or up their legs in front of the audience to form dresses\u00a0that were inspired by 17th-century Dutch Golden Age artwork.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n “Intricate motifs parade the catwalk, transforming Golden Age paintings with the rawness and spontaneity of action painting,” Viktor and Rolf explained<\/p>\n <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n At the end of the show,\u00a0Dutch art collector Han Nefkens bought\u00a0one of the pieces to donate to the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam.<\/p>\n