ooh la la...

A classmate recently introduced me to the site Trend de la Crème, and, like its tagline, "It's Addictive," suggests, I am completely hooked. The site tracks fashion and pop culture trends, and is heavy on photos that back up the writer's assertions that certain items have been popping up more and more on runways and in everyday life. (Their recent post on animal heads was both inspired and hilarious; you cannot believe what some people will do for fashion....)

An example of retro inspirations making waves came in a March 11 post detailing how Basso & Brooke's Fall 2009 line was directly influenced by Russian-born Cubo-Futurist artist Wladimir Baranoff-Rossiné. The connections that the author makes between the clothes and Baranoff-Rossiné's paintings from the early 1900s are incredible, and completely spot-on. From shapes to the color palette, the resemblance is uncanny:

I'm a huge fan of cubo-futurism (and a lot of other -isms, too), and I love that these designers chose such a unique, visually stimulating inspiration for their line. Not only does it promote a great artist, but it shows that great art can be used to create even more art. Love it.