But Where Are The Clothes? Sargent and Fashion @ Tate Britain
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Having seen reels of the American version of this exhibition, I was expecting lots of fashion. Unfortunately, I was disappointed in this as there were less textiles overall than anticipated, but on the plus side, heaps of art, showing how Sargent used art and fashion in his portraits. (Sometimes even forcefully encouraging sitters to commit crimes against fashion — by wearing out-moded items for their artistic/aesthetic value. At other points he’d commit crimes against his sitter’s fashionable sensibilities by completely changing their style, using textiles to invent dresses for the effect of the colour or by putting them in a differently coloured/styled item to reality. Be that as it may, it was fun to see what made the cut — and what didn’t).
But Where Are The Clothes? Sargent and Fashion @ Tate Britain
But Where Are The Clothes? Sargent and…
But Where Are The Clothes? Sargent and Fashion @ Tate Britain
Having seen reels of the American version of this exhibition, I was expecting lots of fashion. Unfortunately, I was disappointed in this as there were less textiles overall than anticipated, but on the plus side, heaps of art, showing how Sargent used art and fashion in his portraits. (Sometimes even forcefully encouraging sitters to commit crimes against fashion — by wearing out-moded items for their artistic/aesthetic value. At other points he’d commit crimes against his sitter’s fashionable sensibilities by completely changing their style, using textiles to invent dresses for the effect of the colour or by putting them in a differently coloured/styled item to reality. Be that as it may, it was fun to see what made the cut — and what didn’t).