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Fashion - Library Resources: Design Inspiration

Guide for the Fashion design and merchandising program at MDC

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Inspiration from the Visual Arts

Inspiration from the Visual Arts

Gustav Klimt, Adele Bloch-Bauer I, 1907, oil, silver, and gold on canvas.

Image is in the Public Domain.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Marcelle Lender Dancing the Bolero in Chilperic, 1895, oil on canvas.

Image is in the Public Domain.

Niue, Hiapo-Tapa, 1800, barkcloth.

Image is in the Public Domain.

Wassily Kandinsky, Yellow-Red-Blue, 1925, oil on canvas.

Image is in the Public Domain.

Bamileke Elephant Mask Dancers, Cameroon Grasslands, 20th century, wood, woven raffia, cloth and beads.

Reproduction permitted for educational use.

The David Vases, Yuan Dynasty, 1351, ceramic.

Image is in the Public Domain.

Fashion Inspiration from the Past

Inspiration from Theater and Film - Still Images

Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1961

Marie Antoinette, 2006

Six, 2017

Moulin Rouge, 2001

New York Fall 2024 Designer Inspirations