Sunday, April 8, 2007

This is not a pipe. (Surrealism)

Oh, what a happy day for It Kids. Someone finally figured out that mixing surrealism with fashion doesn't have to be like this:
(Magritte, The Son of Man)

Those "somebodies" would be Rodnik, not the vodka, but the British design duo.



Other inspirations
(in order, from top to bottom: Salvador Dali’s Mae West Lips Sofa, Yves Tanguy’s Indefinite Divisibility, André Masson's Automatic Drawing, René Magritte's The Treachery Of Images, Salvador Dalí's The Persistence of Memory, Roberto Matta's Elle Loge La Folie)





How to make this wearable, you may ask?

Suspenders, men's hats, dramatic footwear (like the architectural heels Marc Jacobs and Lanvin have been creating), subdued blues and black with tiny, but bright hints of color. Also, you can get the look by translating surrealist art more literally. Case in point, wear the actual art on you shirt or accessorize with surrealist pieces.

Finds:

Dali lip and nose pin: http://tinyurl.com/2gyw2v

Dali self-portrait tee (check EBay for it): http://i7.tinypic.com/2cxtcns.jpg

Derby hat: http://www.top-hats.com/2720.htm

Top hat: http://www.top-hats.com/2101.htm

Tights galore: http://www.tightsplease.co.uk/index.php?page[cat][]=39

Chloe cobalt blue jersey shift dress: http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/20919

Chloe silk gabardine pants: http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/19571

Celine cropped cotton pants: http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/18683

1 comment:

Unknown said...

This is not a comment.
I am a big Dali Fan. Surrealism is what fills my pipe these days.