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Dolce&Gabbana and Cathedral angel
D&G traveled to mosaic decorated churches across the Italian isle: to Cefalu Cathedral, the Pala:ne Chapel, La Martorana, and the Duomo Monreale. These Byzan:ne mosaics were made by ar:sans around the years 1100-‐1200, during the reigns of Sicilian Kings Roger II and William II.
Dolce & Gabbana sampled liberally from many areas of the church including royal adornment (crowns, jewelry), Clergy vestments, ceremonial instruments (accessories, gilt things), gold ornament in general, and the mosaic stones themselves.
John Everett Millais and Jean-Charles De
Castelbajac
John EvereS Millais was one of the founders of the Pre-‐Raphaelite Brotherhood, which was part of the quaSrocento art period (or the 15th century Italian art). Shakespeare was one of the basic inspira:ons; that is why Millais depicted “Ophelia”, a tragic figure from Hamlet in his pain:ng, in 1851-‐52. Jean-‐Charles De Castelbajac’s drew inspira:on from the pain:ng in his Fall-‐Winter 2013/2014 collec:on.
Marni and Brian Rea
During his career, Brian Rea has been the Art Director for The New York Times Op-‐Ed page, he’s created pieces for book jackets and film posters, as well as being a featured ar:st in magazines including Time and The Atlan:c Monthly. “Marni has been collabora:ng with ar:sts the last few years – Kim Gordon, Gary Hume, Peter Blake among others. When they saw my drawings for the “Modern Love” column in The New York Times, they reached out”.
Robert Campin and Alexander McQueen
Flemish painter Robert Campinhas created “The Thief to the Leg of Christ”, in 1430. Alexander McQueen printed Campin’s pain:ng of the crucifixion on a jacket, in his Fall-‐Winter 2009 collec:on, by making it a kind of patchwork.
Maripol x Marc Jacobs With friends such as Andy Warhol and Keith Haring, French born ar:st/stylist/designer Maripol has been surrounded by art for most her life. She made waves on the New York City scene back in 80s as she grabbed the art world by it's horns. The former art director of Fiorucci created some of the most iconic jewelry of that :me, and is notably the woman behind Madonna's iconic "Like A Virgin" look in the 80s. In 2010, Maripol collaborated with Marc Jacobs on a line of t-‐shirts and jewelry inspired by the collec:ons she created back in the 80s.
Gustav Klimt and L’Wren Scott
Gustav Klimt is a well-‐known “Art nouveau” ar:st. In his pain:ngs -‐ he used a lot of golden-‐leaf, kaleidoscopic kind of prints and for thi -‐ he became inspira:on for many other ar:sts. L’Wren ScoS, revealed that he had “a gold moment” in his Fall-‐Winter 2013/2014 collec:on, looking to Gustav Klimt’s portrait for inspira:on.
Cynthia Rowley and Damien Hirst
Inspira:on for this Cynthia Rowley dress came from Olaf Breuning recent exhibi:on :tled "Art Freaks." The exhibit featured photographs of male and female nudes painted in the style of defining works of art form the 20th century. One such work was the "Damien" nude figure which featured ar:st Damien Hirst' signature spots which Rowley turned into a dress. The dress is exclusively sold at Parisian bou:que ColeSe.