KEY DESIGN MOVEMENTS AT THE TIME

Modernism 1880-1940Definition: A style or movement in the arts that aims to depart significantly from classical and traditional forms.

Futurism 1910-1945 Definition: It emphasised speed, technology, youth, violence, and objects such as the car, the airplane, and the industrial city.

Art Deco 1910-1940Definition: is a style of visual arts, architecture and design that first appeared in France just before World War I.

Bauhaus 1920-1934Definition: Bauhaus literally translated to “construction house” originated as a German school of the arts in the early 20th century.

Surrealism 1925-1930Definition: a 20th-century avant-garde movement in art and literature which sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, for example by the irrational juxtaposition of images.

JEAN COCTEAU COLLABORATION

Jean Cocteau and Elsa Schiaparelli collaborated in 1937 to produce and number of garments and jewellery.

Jean Cocteau was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic.

Again, the two bridged the gap between art and fashion. There are clear themes of Trope-1 oeil and surrealism through the shapes of the faces/vase on the evening dress. they made the dress playing on the visual ambiguity on the back.