Fashion vs. Art: Museo della Moda e del Costume

Art:  The mummy’s name is Peftau-auiset.  It is located in Milan, Italy, in Castello Sforzesco.  This particular mummy was donated to the Museum in 1830.

Fashion:  This dress was made for the production Salome.  It was made by Gianni Versace and is called Costume Mimo  The designers inspiration must have some from Salome itself.

 The second I saw this costume I immediately thought of the mummy from the castle.  The way the dress wraps around the body and even up over the man’s head.  Even the colors were similar in the fact that they are both so dark.  Also the texture of the dress reminded me of the layering around the mummy’s body.

Works Cited:

• "Mummy record." Pisa e l'Egitto. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 June 2011. <http://www.egittologia.unipi.it/frameset.asp?id=76>.
• Il teatro alla moda. Costume di scena. Grandi stilisti . Torino: Allemandi, 2011. Print.