Marc Jacobs sent his models down the runway
this past week during Fashion Week in New York (see the show in its entirety here) in large coats and even larger fur hats bringing to mind
the elegant ladies painted by Gustav Klimt in turn-of-the century
Vienna. Klimt's female subjects, all part of high-society, were
incredibly fashionable. More often than not they were dressed by Klimt's
lover and confidant Emilie Floge, who with her sister, Helene, operated a
fashion boutique in Vienna called Schwestern Floge, or Floge Sisters.
Jacobs
claimed that his latest collection was inspired by fashion eccentrics
Anna Piaggi and Lynn Yaeger but I think that Jacobs, who has a first
class art collection, had Klimt on his mind.
Gustav Klimt, "The Black Feather Hat (Lady with Feather Hat)", 1910. Oil on canvas. Private Collection.
Gustav Klimt, Lady with Hat and Feather Boa, 1909, Oil on canvas. Private Collection.
Look from Marc Jacobs Autumn/Winter 2012 Ready-to-wear collection. Image taken from Style.com
