Milan Fashion Week: Art vs. Usabillity

In order for a fashion line to be successful the designer and the merchandiser must see eye to eye. They both have equally as important jobs. The designer's job is to create art while the merchandiser's job is to turn that art into wearable fashion available to the mass public. A line must encompass both art and usability to be a great success.

Milan fashion week produces one of the most creative, innovative, and artistic shows to in history. As of late, Italian designers are toning down their over the top artistic designs to compete with the more wearable designs of New York, London, and Paris. Several designers during Milan fashion week brought their "A-Game" and came out on top with more wearable designs than ever.

In Marni's design (directly below), she combines stripes, spots, blurry checks and painterly abstracts with a sophisticated dress mixing elements of tolerable unusual femininity with classic shapes.

http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/S2009RTW-MARNI