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Oscar Wilde once said "One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art." Being a living work of art could prove itself to be quite complicated, so maybe another way of looking at this statement is by using art to fashion oneself. - Keith HARING by Nicholas KIRKWOOD - Man RAY and Keith HARING by Jean-Charles DE CALTELJABAC - Robert CAMPIN and Hieronymus BOSCH by Alexander MC QUEEN - HIROSHIGE by Christian DIOR - Salvador DALI by Elsa SCHIAPARELLI - Andy WARHOL by Pepe Jeans

Despite his usual dark streak (as evidenced in my previous post), Joel Peter Witkin lapsed into the world of high fashion and more traditional art (or maybe he's just becoming more of a softy with age :) in this 2006 fashion series for the NY Times.

Alexander McQueen (British, 1969-2010)JacketIt's a Jungle Out There, autumn/winter 1997-98 Silk and cotton twill printed with an image from The Thief to the Left of Christ by Robert Campin, ca. 1430 Courtesy of Alexander McQueen Photograph © Sølve Sundsbø / Art + Commerce "When you see a woman wearing McQueen, there's a certain hardness to the clothes that makes her look powerful.