.jpg?w=1)
.jpg?w=1)
.jpg?w=1)
.jpg?w=1)
Lot Essay
'I think the greatest single influence on art and the way we see the world happened at the beginning of the 20th Century and carried on and ramified throughout. I mean the Ballet Russes and Diaghilev its creator. Romantic, fairytale, folk, myth interpreted through the eyes of modernity. Influenced: all the musicians, Matisse, Picasso, Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, you and Andreas and me.'
Vivienne Westwood
'It’s very much inspired by ballet costume. Vivienne particularly loved the Russian Ballet when they conquered Paris in the 1910s and early twenties. She was very inspired by Leon Bakst and used him as an inspiration over and over in her work. The Cinderella dress is a shape she loved. It’s a little bodice with a simple gathered skirt. This dress, she wore so much that I begged her not to wear it at one point. I said to her ‘I can't see it anymore!’. And then she replied, ‘but I don't care!’. The dress was worn so often that it ripped in the seams. And her hand stitches are clearly visible. She was an amazing mender…'
Andreas Kronthaler
Vivienne Westwood
'It’s very much inspired by ballet costume. Vivienne particularly loved the Russian Ballet when they conquered Paris in the 1910s and early twenties. She was very inspired by Leon Bakst and used him as an inspiration over and over in her work. The Cinderella dress is a shape she loved. It’s a little bodice with a simple gathered skirt. This dress, she wore so much that I begged her not to wear it at one point. I said to her ‘I can't see it anymore!’. And then she replied, ‘but I don't care!’. The dress was worn so often that it ripped in the seams. And her hand stitches are clearly visible. She was an amazing mender…'
Andreas Kronthaler