Art inspiration

One of the things that I love about fashion is how inspiration for styling, designs and outfits can be drawn from other subjects, such as literature, nature, music and art. Over the bank holiday weekend I visited some University friends in London where we went to the Lichtenstein exhibition at Tate Modern, which I had been dying to go to. Roy Lichtenstein was an American pop artist during the 1960s, known for his comic strip-like paintings. This exhibition was interesting because, although his famous works are fantastic, it enabled the public to see some of his less recognised pieces.

It is Lichtenstein’s celebrated unique style of using dots of varying sizes to create his images that have inspired today’s outfit choice. This playsuit exhibits the contrasting of colours, as well as the light and dark shades of blue used in his paintings for landscapes, water and the sky. Although Lichtenstein used many bold colours, pastels were essential too, as they are this spring in the fashion world. The playsuit has two different textures, which is also seen in Lichtenstein’s work, with his use of dots to create an illusion of colour alongside the bold blocks of colour and thick black lines. The polka dots depict his style and it is a pattern that should never go out of fashion.

Playsuit - Motel / Loafers -  Asos

Another way of combining pastels and Lichtenstein’s dots is on your nails. Just last week I painted L’Oréal’s black and white dotty top coat on top of a lovely pastel purple shade. It looks great and perfect for the spring weather that has finally arrived!

Love Izzie