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MANNEQUINS IN THE MUESUM

from VIM MSU's Fall 2020 Issue

from VIM MSU's Fall 2020 Issue, page 52

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The many marvels of Italy are enamoring to the majority of modern curiosity seekers. The architecture, the art, the fashion, the food and everything in between all continue to inspire creatives around the world today.

In the 15th century, following the lead of Donatello, creative geniuses like Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci pioneered the marvelous era known as the Renaissance. Curated from marble and stone, every statue and sculpture they designed not only showcased their creativity, but cemented a moment in time for all of history.

While Italy’s artists have gifted great statues and other forms of art to the world for several centuries, it wasn’t until 1921 that Italian designer Guccio Gucci blessed the world with yet another modern marvel of Italy — Gucci.

This iconic fashion label rules the runway and dominates fashion week each year with one-of-a-kind clothing and concepts that never fail to get people talking. Creating garments with leather or silk to create patterns and styles that are often recognizably onbrand, Gucci has put their clothing on a pedestal in the eyes of Italy and around the world.

The absolutely awe-inspiring art of sculpture requires vast knowledge of the human anatomy, as does fashion and the art of creating clothing. Like creating a statue, designing clothes requires extreme attention to detail and an accurate understanding of the human body to ensure clothing fits a person in a flattering yet interesting way. To showcase the clothes expected to be worn by people across the world, mannequins are dressed to share a designer’s work in a way that mimics the statues that reside in the most prestigious museums.

While they choose to share their art in different forms, artists like Donatello or Alessandro Michele, the current creative designer for Gucci, have both preserved moments of history through their creations. Both classic art and fashion continue to spark curiosity into the minds of the masses and preserve moments in time that have made an impact on history.