![]() ![]() Poets, in turn, have been drawing on the intricacies of the material world for centuries. It's not a one way street when it comes to the well of inspiration either. The design house is no stranger to poetry-McQueen's AW96 show was named after Dante and full of appropriately provocative visuals (the Inferno has proved a rather surprisingly popular draw for designers). Meanwhile, over at Alexander McQueen, SS18's menswear show saw fragments of Rudyard Kipling's The Explorer embroidered and printed onto blazers and capes, further embellished with trailing threads. Valentino's SS15 couture show was a swirling confection of tulle in various shades of sugared almond, with choice lines from Dante's Inferno gracing a number of gauzy gowns. Other contemporary designers have played with the possibilities of placing actual text on clothes, transforming gowns and T-shirts into serious reading material. None of the resulting works still exist, but illustrations show gorgeous, colour-blocked garments with words snaking across arms and descending down skirts. ![]() In the 1920s, textile artist Sonia Delaunay collaborated with a series of Dadaist poets including Tristan Tzara and Joseph Delteil to cover a series of dresses in snippets of their poetry. The dialogue between clothes and poetry isn't a novel one. The prints and intricate embroidery were a reflection of her sensitivity and complex character.” Nature was always part of her and her poems, so I designed dresses almost came from nature. “I took certain parts from her poetry and turned it into colours, trying to reflect her character through layers. “The SS19 collection is actually a patchwork of episodes from Papusza's life,” Aksu explains. How does one translate a poem like this into wearable clothes though? In the case of Bora Aksu, it meant frills, lace, floral headpieces and plenty of dramatic sleeves, the colour palette running from palest lilacs to opulent reds and oranges. Somehow I connected to her and understood her through her poems.” I really felt her sensitivity-longing for settlement in a nomadic community, the isolation she felt. “Gypsy Song Taken From Papusza's Head was the poem that spoke to me most. ![]() He tells Vogue what specifically resonated within her work. Turkish designer Bora Aksu felt moved by the spirit of poetry too-specifically by the words of Polish-Romani poetess Papusza, otherwise known as Bronisława Wajs. ![]()
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