Carven Fall 2012: A Charming Fashionista Stealing Medieval and Northern Renaissance Art

Vogue explained this collection as follows: "The fall collection Henry presented there was borne of the fantasy of a girl walking through a museum filled with sixteenth- and seventeenth-century art and stealing things off the walls and out of the display cases for her wardrobe. For instance, she may nick a Renaissance-era painting of women in colorful vestments working in the yard and wrap it around her like a short, flowy skirt. Or perhaps a rich, storied tapestry woven for royalty becomes a double-breasted coat with shogun-style lapels."  Isn't that charming?

Bosch, Garden of Earthly Delights (central panel) 

Not sure which painter this is, but definitely northern renaissance!

Stained Glass

Rose Window from Chartres Cathedral

Tapestry

(Vogue)