Creating Contemporary Women’s Fashion Design Inspired by Mixed Media Art

• Main Author: Doha Al Demerdash
• Format: Article
• Language: Arabic
• Published: Arab Association for Islamic Civilization and Art 2018-07-01
• Series: Journal of Architecture, Art & Humanistic Science
• Subjects: mixed media; techniques; materials; fashion design; inspiration
• Online Access: https://mjaf.journals.ekb.eg/article_20558.html

During the past years, people tried to express their own beliefs and thoughts through different artistic endeavors. Art was also meant to transfer their vision towards the outside world. In order to create a wide range of applicable artistic selections, a number of new techniques and trends for the contemporary artists were subjected to analyses and studies. Besides, sticking on a single artistic approach leads to limitation of the innovative abilities. Thus, depending on “Mixed Media” was considered the best solution to obtain the absolute freedom of art.  “Mixed Media Art” is a concept emerged and developed during the 20th century as the postmodern artists began to bend the strict rules of traditional arts such as painting and sculpture. “Mixed Media” is a term used to describe any kind of artwork composed from combination of different media, techniques or materials. So, the defined selection of media is considered the substantive pillar of any artistic endeavor.  “Mixed Media” techniques contribute to its popularity within the contemporary art world, as it can perfectly express the social and political views. It is also characterized by the endless ability of blending conceptual visual formulation, which accordingly makes it more profound and expressive comparing to the other artistic trends. Moreover, “Mixed Media” techniques proofed to be the excellent choice for any innovative artist who aims at using modernized untraditional means to manifest his thoughts. Hence, this research is casting a spotlight on deploying the “Mixed Media Art” in the field of fashion designing. It aimed at creating a contemporary women fashion designs inspired by the art of “Mixed Media”. Those designs are based on testing and mixing a collection of different materials and fabrics using various techniques to reveal the state of the art.