I think we all know Salvador Dali: a famous artist, so adored for his surrealist masterpieces that his works are now housed in the world’s most well-known museums. But beyond his paintings, drawings, photos, sculptures and films, ambition led the pop culture darling to a world filled less with canvases and more with runways: fashion. Throughout his life, Dali gravitated toward wild and weird fashion creations. He adored Elsa Schiaparelli, and the two created truly odd outfits (something on this coming tomorrow). In 1965, Dalí reached an agreement with the Wisconsin clothing manufacturer Jack A. Winter to design a line of beachwear, swimwear, sportswear and autumnal styles for both day and evening. Those drawings really reminds me of Alexander McQueen’s bumster pants. With his first post-graduated collection, titled ‘The Taxi Driver’ for A/W 1993, Lee shook the fashion world with his low-cut trousers that exposed either just a bit of the bum-crack or in other cases a bigger part of it. While there were many rumours about the inspiration behind his design, including one about builders’ bums, in an interview for The Guardian in 1996 Lee himself stated: “it wasn’t about showing the bum…I wanted to elongate the body, not just the bum. To me, that part of the body- not so much the buttocks, but the bottom of the spine- that’s the most erotic part of anyone’s body, man or woman.” His ‘bumsters’ included in many collections after 1993, such as the “Highland Rape” show for A/W 1995 were meant to inspire the British street fashion for years to come. #salvadordali #bumpster #alexandermcqueen #taxidriver #highlandrapecollection #artinspiration #insidethemood https://www.instagram.com/p/CEUM-flouP7/?igshid=y0ayfvox6r7m
