{"id":26637,"date":"2018-02-03T01:00:43","date_gmt":"2018-02-03T00:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2018\/02\/03\/inspired-by-biba-oil-pastel-fashion-in-pictures\/"},"modified":"2018-02-03T01:00:43","modified_gmt":"2018-02-03T00:00:43","slug":"inspired-by-biba-oil-pastel-fashion-in-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=26637","title":{"rendered":"Inspired by Biba: oil-pastel fashion \u2013 in pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Italian artist Emanuela Di Filippo uses oil pastels to create sinuous images of women wearing bold outfits in the style of Biba, the swinging 60s fashion store set up by Barbara Hulanicki. Influenced by the vibrant colours of artist Sonia Delaunay and the slender portraits of Modigliani, Di Filippo trained in fine art in Rome before moving to the UK. \u201cI was inspired by abstract, minimal, contemporary artists. But then I came back to my first loves: art and fashion,\u201d she says. Biba\u2019s designs are reminiscent of the classic Italian fashion Di Filippo grew up with: \u201cThey have a simplicity of shape, and I loved the colours.\u201d Hulanicki referred to these as \u201cauntie colours\u201d, such as olive, rust, and \u201cbruised purple\u201d. For Di Filippo, Biba\u2019s 60s style remains timeless. \u201cIt\u2019s like Coco Chanel\u2019s little black dress. It will never get old.\u201d\u2022 Biba Inspiration is at the Vestibules, Bristol City Hall, 12-16 February Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/gallery\/2018\/feb\/03\/inspired-by-biba-oil-pastel-fashion-in-pictures\" target=\"_blank\">Inspired by Biba: oil-pastel fashion \u2013 in pictures<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italian artist Emanuela Di Filippo uses oil pastels to create sinuous images of women wearing bold outfits in the style of Biba, the swinging 60s fashion store set up by Barbara Hulanicki. Influenced by the vibrant colours of artist Sonia Delaunay and the slender portraits of Modigliani, Di Filippo trained [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26637\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}