Architectural fashion

A Spring 2009 look from Gianfranco Ferré and the Sydney Opera House.

An orange Lanvin dress from Spring 2008 and Frank Gehry’s Hotel Marqués De Riscal.

Sir Norman Foster’s Hearst building echoed in a spring 2009 look from Gareth Pugh. 

What is Architectural Fashion: 

- Fabrics as a building materials,creating both hard and round lines. 

- Oversize proportions, exaggerated angles and swooshy layers. 

- Strong silhouettes with emphasis on structure, shape and form. 

- Major pleats, folds, pinning, layering, surface texture and three-dimensional designs.

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