
One minidress in the Jean-Charles de Castelbajac Autumn/Winter 2007-2008 Show paid homage to Blondie.
Another Blondie-inspired collection : A.L.C. Autumn/Winter 2013-2014 (the starting point of this collection, designed by Andrea Lieberman, was a picture of Blondie’s Debbie Harry looking tough in Amos Poe’s « The Foreigner » film).
To read about other Blondie or Debbie Harry-inspired collections or items, search for the « Debbie Harry » post that I have published on November 8, 2012.
Photo : MarieClaire.fr
Tags: Blondie, Debbie Harry, Fashion, Inspiration, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Music

Moulin Rouge has influenced the Jean Paul Gaultier Couture Spring/Summer 2011 Show, « Punk Cancan », whose finale featured a French cancan number, performed by Psykko Tico from the Crazy Horse.
Other Moulin Rouge-inspired collections : Charles Anastase Spring/Summer 2009 (the theme of this show was « a schoolgirl rampage through the Moulin Rouge »), Dee Hutton Autumn/Winter 2013-2014 (this collection draws inspiration from the Moulin Rouge).
Photo : VOGUE.co.uk
Tags: Cabaret, Can-can, Crazy Horse, Dance, Fashion, French cancan, Inspiration, Jean Paul Gaultier, Moulin Rouge, Psykko Tico, Punk Cancan, Trompe-l'œil

A trek into the jungle of Indonesia influenced the Peter Pilotto Spring/Summer 2012 Show.
Other Indonesia-inspired collections : Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci Couture Autumn/Winter 2006-2007 (the references of this collection included Indonesia), Kenzo by Humberto Leon and Carol Lim Spring/Summer 2013 Menswear (one of the starting points of this collection was a trek into the jungle of Indonesia), Louis Vuitton by Kim Jones Spring/Summer 2013 Menswear (Kim Jones’ trip to Indonesia influenced this show), Roberto Cavalli Spring/Summer 2011 Menswear (this show featured Indonesia-inspired prints).
Photo : VOGUE.fr
Tags: Christopher De Vos, Fashion, Indonesia, Inspiration, Peter Pilotto, Republic of Indonesia, Travel

Alighiero Boetti’s abstract works have influenced the prints of the Jil Sander Spring/Summer 2014 Show.
Another Alighiero Boetti-inspired collection : Giambattista Valli Spring/Summer 2014 (Alighiero Boetti was one of the artists from the Arte Povera movement that were referenced in this show).
Photo : Giovanni Giannoni
Tags: Alighiero Boetti, art, Arte povera, Conceptual art, Fashion, Inspiration, Jil Sander

One outfit in the Jeremy Scott Autumn/Winter 2006-2007 Show, named « Eat the Rich », reimagined the Snickers®’ packaging.
Photo : MarieClaire.fr
Tags: Chocolate, Chocolate bar, Eat the Rich, Fashion, Food, Inspiration, Jeremy Scott, Mars, Packagings, Snickers®

One dress paid homage to Muhammad Ali in the Jean-Charles de Castelbajac Spring/Summer 2008 Show, named « Sportacus ».
Furthermore, Muhammad Ali starred, with his grandson, in Louis Vuitton’s Annie Leibovitz-shot « Core Values » campaign, which was unveiled on June 15, 2012.
Photo : MarieClaire.fr
Tags: Boxing, Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., Fashion, Inspiration, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Muhammad Ali, Sportacus, Sports

The Jean Paul Gaultier Spring/Summer 2006 Show, dubbed « Belles des Champs », paid homage to Brittany.
Other Brittany-inspired collections : Christian Le Drezen (from 1998 to 2002, all his collections have paid tribute to the history and the folklore of his native Brittany), Kitsuné for Le Bon Marché (this « Bretagne » capsule collection, exclusively available at Le Bon Marché, from March 27 to April 24, 2010, as part of the « Esprit Factory » exhibition, was a modern homage to the native land of Kitsuné’s Gildas Loaëc), 3.1 Phillip Lim Spring/Summer 2012 (the windswept hairstyle of this show, by Odile Gilbert, referenced a girl from nature, upstate in Montauk, or in Brittany, where the French hairstylist grew up).
Photo : MarieClaire.fr
Tags: Belles des Champs, Breizh, Bretagne, Brittany, Fashion, Flowers, France, Inspiration, Jean Paul Gaultier, Straw dress, Travel

Man Ray’s photographic tribute to Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, « Ingres’s Violin / Le Violon d’Ingres », was referenced in the Jean-Charles de Castelbajac Autumn/Winter 2011-2012 Show, titled « Woman / Ray ».
Some Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres-inspired collections : BodyAmr Autumn/Winter 2011-2012 (this collection paid homage to Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres’s « The Big Odalisque / La Grande Odalisque » painting), Elisabeth de Senneville Spring/Summer 1989 (this collection featured printed images which reproduced Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres’s « The Turkish Bath / Le Bain turc » work), Maryam Keyhani Autumn/Winter 2011-2012 (for this collection, which honored Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres’s color palette, Maryam Keyhani started sketching on top of the neoclassical painter’s portraits), Pleats Please by Issey Miyake Autumn/Winter 1996-1997 (the N° 1 « Guest Artist Series », in collaboration with Yasumasa Morimura, featured prints that were based on Yasumasa Morimura’s photographs, which were originally influenced by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres’s « Odalisque » artwork).
To read about other Man Ray-inspired collections, search for the « Man Ray » post that I have published on July 6, 2012.
Photo : MarieClaire.fr
Tags: art, Fashion, Ingres, Inspiration, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Kiki de Montparnasse, Man Ray, Neoclassicism, Painting, Photography, Surrealism