10 artists who influenced high fashion A journey into the everlasting marriage between fine art and couture

Is fashion art? Over the years, many have tried to answer this question, without reaching a definitive conclusion. There are those who have continued to undervalue fashion, calling it "a meaningless cog in the machine of mass production and consumerism", empty of any poetics, and those who, like director and photographer Alex Prager, reply by recalling that some of the greatest works of art have been made on commission. Others emphasize the true artistic side of fashion the ability to dress individuality, helping us to express what each of us would like to show to the world.

The Great Wave of Kanagawa, Katsushika Hokusai's most famous work, which was apparently conceived between 1829 and 1833 continues to influence art and fashion centuries after its creation. Alexander McQueen drew inspiration from this example of majestic nature for Givenchy's Haute Couture, as did John Galliano for Christian Dior's Couture.