Is Fashion really Art?

Posted by FABIANA GONZALEZ

Is Fashion really Art?

  The fashion world is frequently denigrated and branded as superficial. There are those who belittle it or consider it too empty to be an artistic discipline. However, I believe both Fashion and Art are powerful means of expression, creating objects that are not only beautiful, but also capable of emotion.  It is important to remember that many of the most famous paintings were first renegade and sent to the “Salon des Refusés” in Paris. Like other means of cultural production such as Cinema, today called “The Seventh Art”,  very questioned and subject of a great debate at the time....