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The top has a relaxed native-fit style with three-quarter sleeves, while the trousers are straight-cut. That combination gives both comfort and elegance.
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While taking part in the Recraft contest, I started thinking about how to mix classical painting with modern brands. I experimented with 18th–19th-century oil painting aesthetics and thought: why not take this idea further and create an entire sportswear brand around it?
Classic art, modern athletes, contemporary fashion. A little unexpected? Maybe. But that's what makes it fun! So, I created a sportswear brand concept that brings these two worlds together. The result is right below 👇
Recraft project: https://www.recraft.ai/project/ae17a521-566c-457e-9482-d4b94157111f
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SITTER: A Fashion House Painted in 1532
In the 1500s, the rich sat for Bronzino, Bellini and Corneille de Lyon mostly to show off their clothes: slashed sleeves, black silk, gloves and gold chains.
Those portraits were, in effect, the first luxury campaigns. I trained a Recraft V4 Style on four Renaissance portraits of unnamed sitters from The Met, the Cleveland Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Art, and built SITTER, a fictional fashion house whose entire campaign is painted as court portraiture.
An oxblood leather trench sits for Bellini's blue.
A teal suit borrows Bronzino's hand on the hip.
Collection 01, with a full identity, posters and a rollout film.
Sit for it.
Wow, this looks absolutely stunning!