The goal of this master thesis is the development of a women’s, ready to wear collection, inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe’s paintings.
This collection aimed to bring about contemporary clothes with the use of minimalistic elements. In the process I was combining primary geometry shapes, most often circle into new, three-dimensional shapes. In combination with minimalistic elements, the aim was to make sure that collection still preserves feminine sensibility.
The first part of the theoretical section explores minimalism’s influence on fashion and it’s different interpretations on a socio-economic basis. This part of the thesis includes an analysis of the emergence and development of this movement within fashion. During the research of influences that minimalism had on fashion, I touched upon the effect it had on the concept of femininity in society.
The second part of the theoretical section introduces the relationship between art and fashion throughout the history and the most important representatives of this confluence. The end of the second part consists of a presentation of Georgia O’Keeffe’s paintings, influences on her work, context, and techniques that she used.
In the experimental part of the thesis, I describe the design process. It consists of the decomposition of visual elements found in Georgia O’Keeffe’s paintings, and it’s further combination into new, desired silhouettes. I also explored different possibilities of minimalistic elements manipulation.
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