In fashion, the start of fall can only mean one thing - the beginning Mercedes Benz Fashion Week! Things may kick off with New York Fashion Week running from September 10 - 17th, but NYFW has already blown through Atlanta at the Georgia Freight Depot - with Small Boutique Fashion Week held in July. The designers hailed from all over the eastcoast bringing with them the top trends of New York Fashion Week. And we were front row and center to take it all in. So in celebration of all things NYFW, this Stella Style trend is all about capturing Pop Art - one of the prominent styles for this season. Look on below for inspiration. And be sure to LIKE or SHARE on Facebook or Twitter. It's the artsy thing to do. :)
Pop Art 101:
You can't mention Pop Art and not mention Andy Warhol. But Pop Art was an art movement and style that had its origins in England in the 1950's, and made its way to the United States during the 1960's. Pop artists focused attention upon familiar images of the popular culture such as billboards, comic strips, magazine advertisements, and supermarket products.
From a surface level, Pop Art often came across as shallow and superficial. But the original Pop Art fashion movement was both political, in that it challenged the domination of couture and bourgeois status dressing, and an artistic reaction to abstract art and design, with the satirical and ironic use of advertising and of representational everyday objects.
Early Pop Art in Britain was a matter of ideas fueled by American popular culture viewed from afar, while the America artists were inspired by the experiences of living within that culture. Pop Art therefore coincided with the youth and pop music phenomenon of the 1960's, and became very much a part of the image of fashionable, 'swinging' London.
Some freelance designers took their inspiration from sources of contemporary art and graphics like Andy Warhol's Pop Art images. Warhol influenced fashion, and Yves Saint Laurent certainly went down the pop art road with his Mondrian dress and the black and white block sheaths he introduced in the early 1960s. Brightly colored large-scale geometric repeats were favorites for both dress and furnishing fabrics. And today, Pop Art still influences designers and runway couture.
You can't mention Pop Art and not mention Andy Warhol. But Pop Art was an art movement and style that had its origins in England in the 1950's, and made its way to the United States during the 1960's. Pop artists focused attention upon familiar images of the popular culture such as billboards, comic strips, magazine advertisements, and supermarket products.
From a surface level, Pop Art often came across as shallow and superficial. But the original Pop Art fashion movement was both political, in that it challenged the domination of couture and bourgeois status dressing, and an artistic reaction to abstract art and design, with the satirical and ironic use of advertising and of representational everyday objects.
Early Pop Art in Britain was a matter of ideas fueled by American popular culture viewed from afar, while the America artists were inspired by the experiences of living within that culture. Pop Art therefore coincided with the youth and pop music phenomenon of the 1960's, and became very much a part of the image of fashionable, 'swinging' London.
Some freelance designers took their inspiration from sources of contemporary art and graphics like Andy Warhol's Pop Art images. Warhol influenced fashion, and Yves Saint Laurent certainly went down the pop art road with his Mondrian dress and the black and white block sheaths he introduced in the early 1960s. Brightly colored large-scale geometric repeats were favorites for both dress and furnishing fabrics. And today, Pop Art still influences designers and runway couture.
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If you're looking to mix it up this season, why not take a little inspiration from the Pop Art movement? If it's a little bold for your comfort zone, add pops of the style to your wardrobe my mixing accessories from jewelry, shoes, and handbags. Life's short. Color outside the lines. You may also like: Small Boutique Fashion Week | Top Trends, Stella Style Trend | Tiki Chic, or Top 5 Trends We're Coveting This Fall.
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