Bright yellow seems to be making a fashion statement this year. I started seeing yellow everywhere after first noticing a yellow dress in the window of the Carolina Herrera store while walking down Madison Ave. one February afternoon. The fabric was bold yet delicate like a daffodil poking its head up through the ground in the early days of spring, but the black detailing was distinctly reminiscent of the Art-Deco era.
Art, fashion, and design often inspire one another, but it is difficult to discover where the initial spark of inspiration begins. It is also difficult to understand the seemingly random cycle of what comes in and out of fashion.
The following images are subjectively placed at random:
Images clockwise: Dress by Carolina Herrera spring collection 2012, Georges Lepape Vogue coverMay 1928, Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann from “Harmonies” INTÉRIEURS DE RUHLMANN originally published in 1924, Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) Design for Yellow Coat with One Sleeve and Trim in Black and White Fur for “Manhattan Mary,” Majestic Theater, New York 1927 , Erté Shoe Design for Delman’s Shoes, New York 1934, Interior by David Hicks 1970s, Reed Krakoff spring collection 2012, Ellsworth Kelly, “Yellow/Black” 1970, The Great Gatsby book cover design by Aled Lewis, The Viceroy hotel, Kelly Wearstler, Erté, Harper’s Bazaar, November 1933, Victoria Hagen interior, Nancy Lancaster’s eponymous yellow room by John Fowler 1957, Vanessa Bell, Abstract Painting, c. 1914, Writing room by Andrew Virtue for the Greystone Estate showhouse ( inspired by Nancy Lancaster’s drawing room)
