Fashion at its best is a wearable form of fine art.  It makes perfect sense, then, that some of fashion design’s biggest names would also happen to be art afficionados.  In a season teeming with beautiful offerings, some designers blurred the line between studio art and fashion design.  For her Spring show, Miuccia Prada showed full skirts and form-fitting silk dresses overlayed with dreamy line-drawing prints and geometric patterns (above).  Dolce and Gabbana’s models trotted out in whimsical ball gowns covered in dainty paint splatters and blotches.  Marc Jacobs at Louis Vuitton, meanwhile, paired his runway looks with limited-editon monogram bags co-designed by artist Richard Prince.

It would be easy to get carried away with a look so incredibly creative, lovely, and personalized.  However, artsy pieces should be brought back down to earth with subdued accessories and not-too-wild makeup.  For the faint of heart, colorblock prints can be a less out-there alternative to Spring’s painter’s-palette.

Rebecca Taylor’s impressionist-print gunmetal sheath, Abaete’s ruby satin skirt, and Blumarine’s floral brocade dress evoke the best new runway offerings from Dolce and Gabbana and Prada.

Posted on December 24th, 2007 by ashley