One thing is always true in fashion; change is constant. So it makes sense for the beginnings of evolution to play a key role in inspiring works of art. Designers have been using insects as a point of reference in some of the highest of fashions around the world.
These primordial creatures ascended in popularity with the birth of jewelry designer Delfina Delettrez. Since 2007, the daughter of Sylvia Fendi has been bringing stones and precious metals to life in the form of bees, flies, grasshoppers, and spiders. Inspired by her phobia of insects as well as the novel The Wasp Factory, Delfina makes fine jewelry that is unique and easily recognizable to her own aesthetic.
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The house of Alexander Mcqueen’s Sarah Burton also has an affinity for entomology. For her Spring/Summer 2013 collection, Burton troped on the idea of honey combs and bees to create curvaceous silhouettes and playful accessories. While Mcqueen himself was strongly interested in ornithology, Burton was interested in melittology. Wanting to focus most on the strong female, Burton saw bees as a way to express this.
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Bottega Veneta’s Tomas Maier borrowed scarab beetles for his Fall 2010 show. The designer mimicked the colors from real beetles to give an armor-like bolero an iridescent and eerie touch. Like Burton, Maier envisioned a powerful woman when designing his collection. Used in jewelry since Ancient Egypt, scarabs have been popular amulets as a symbol or rebirth and self-creation.
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As her logo, Charlotte Dellal of Charlotte Olympia uses a spider web beneath every shoe and on every purse. Inspired by the book Charlotte’s Web, Dellal began collecting spider related gifts and naturally made her insignia a web. Aiming for conversational shoes as well as feminine classics, Dellal is famously known for her clever borrow.
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