Top fashion moments in paintings

Countless fashion collections have been inspired by paintings, but we wanted to know which painted garments have inspired young creatives' work. From Pre-Raphaelite Arthurian witches to a modern portrait of model Ambar Cristal Zarzuela crying after a mosquito's bite in a Gucci dress, we are sharing our readers' favourite paintings, hoping to inspire you!

What a classic! The Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I of England, artist unknown, suggested by @phil_dsgn

Boxer shorts and butterfly wings! Dimitris Tsarouhis' sailors, suggested by Dimitris Karayannis

A true icon; Louis XIV of France (1638-1715), portrait, after Claude Lefèbvre, suggested by @Rokusfalvyanna

Name a better colour. Queen Henrietta Maria by Anthony van Dyck, 1636, suggested by @_curtains_curtains

"I have started knitting this sweater!" Christopher Woods' self-portrait, 1927, suggest by @alice.morell.evans

A mood. L’antipapa by Marx Ernst, 1942, suggested by @violanellaiuola

What a pattern! Woman with Bouquet by Laura Wheeler Waring, 1940, suggested by @__0009944_

The colour, the folfds, the fabric. Flaming June by Frederic Lord Leighton, 1830-1896, suggested by our team.

Sportswear inspiration forever. To Douse the Devil for a Ducat, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, 2015, suggested by @K3ll4art

A muse. Camille, or The woman in the green dress by Monet, 1866, suggested by @brandonfernandex

Not sure what is happening here, but it works. Morgan le Fay by Frederick Sandys, 1864, suggested by @Maria.Fabiona

Which runway does this belong to? “Sidonia von Bork” by Edward Burne-Jones, 1860, suggested by our team

This textile work though... The Wounded Dove, Rebecca Solomon, 1872, suggested by @Amber.Ori

Beatiful. Toyin Ojih Odutola, Pregnant, 2017, suggested by our team

Remember this from the Vogue Italia cover? Ice cream in Mozambique, Nassi Namoda, 2018 suggested by @Sakurednuda

Galliano has gotten inspired by this too! Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Central Park by Diego Rivera, 1947 suggested by @g_ytan

Words: 1 G TEAM