Designer: Anna Sui
Influence: Art Nouveau Movement
Whoever said that the Art Nouveau movement was dead clearly hasn’t seen Anna Sui’s latest collection. Her Spring 2010 ready-to-wear line is full of floral prints and organic designs reflective of Art Nouveau artists such as Alphonse Mucha.
The Art Nouveau Movement, French for “new art,” is best known for its organic forms and floral and plant motifs. Popular at the turn of the 20th century, this movement was embraced by both artists and architects.
Alphonse Mucha was an Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist who created art comparable to many of Sui’s designs. In addition to painting, he designed jewelry and wallpapers in his signature Mucha Style, which later would become known as Art Nouveau. Mucha is most known for his beautiful images of vigorous, young women. He often depicted beautiful images of ethereal women clothed in Neoclassical robes with flowers on their head.
I am absolutely in love with Sui’s Spring collection. Though not a couture line, it is still incredibly fashion-forward. With a circus themed runway show, Sui showcases an upbeat and fun girly collection. Like Marc Jacobs eclectic spring line, Sui does a fantastic job of mixing plaid, floral, and stripes together in one look. With the range of color and decorative elements that Sui uses in her designs, it comes as no surprise that her inspiration came from the Art Nouveau Movement.
As a fashion critic notes, Anna Sui
“brings a fierce-some amount of research to bear on prints, fabrics, and decorative elements that gives her clothes a distinctive richness.”
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