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During the 1970s to 1980s, Janet Lipkin became an influential crochet artist within the ArtWear Movement. Lipkin's designs draw inspirations from organic forms and employ bold colors throughout her pieces.

Fibers
Existing Content: Crochet, embroidery, knitting, lace, quilting and felting are all commonly found in wearable art pieces.

! Crochet remained a homemaker's art until the late 1960s, as new artists began experimenting with free-handed crochet. This practice allowed artists to work in any shape and employ the use of colors freely, without the guidance of a pattern.

Shapes
Existing Content: A recurring shape in the Art to Wear movement was the kimono. It enables to rapidly turn a piece of custom fabric into a garment.

Find other popular shapes and designs. Fiber arts focuses on organic and fluid shapes not found in traditional fiber arts clothing.

Contemporary Wearable Art
Wearable art declines as a separate movement in the late 1990s due to competition from industry, which enabled customization at scale, the migration of artists towards haute couture or the production of small series, and the broader availability of handcrafted garments from around the world in the Global North. An example is the 2015 Fall couture show Viktor and Rolf, which explored how the shapes of traditional artworks such as frames could become garments.

! When the Art to Wear movement began, artists used traditional techniques and natural fibers to create unique clothing pieces. As technology progressed, the natural fibers used were exchanged for computer assisted art and synthetic fibers, allowing artists to compete with the growing market.