From the homage to sculptor Beverly Pepper at the Fashion Week Show "The Row" to the appearance of Gabriela Hearst's carbon footprint, these fashion houses have shown that in a fashion show there are more than just clothes.

The love of the fashion world for art is no secret. Increasingly, fashion stylists are turning to the world of art, architecture and design to create increasingly extravagant sets and theatrical scenes, using artistic source material. These comprehensive experiences not only attract the attention of those present, but also create buzz. Below we bring you some of the most memorable fashion art shows from the last round (fall / winter 2020); ranging from The Row homage to the late Beverly Pepper, to Demna Gvasalia's apocalyptic vision of Balenciaga.

CHRISTIAN DIOR

Inspired by Italian feminist art of the 1960s and '70s, Maria Grazia Chiuri continued to lead Dior on a feminist path, a completely new direction for a fashion house whose work has been designed by men since its inception in 1946. As Maria began designing a collection reminiscent of student activity, she entrusted the designated model to anonymous art collector Claire Fontaine. They shared the show's space with LED-lit phrases - "When Women Strike the World Stops", "We Are All Clitoridian Women", "Women Are the Moon That Moves the Tides". They also covered the showâ??s runway with pages from Le Monde newspaper, evoking the importance of a free press.

GUCCI

At Gucci's Milan Fashion Week show, Alessandri Michele addressed the ritualized theatricality of modern fashion. Guests entered through the backstage, in which the models were located. The wardrobe and everything else were visible, a move that brought to mind the 1995 documentary "Unzipped" by Isaac Mizrahi. Later, the whole scene began to spin, turning the show into a kind of carousel.

GABRIELA HEARST

Among those who lead the sustainability fee, certainly among the hottest and most urgent topics in the field of fashion, is Gabriela Hearst. The designer from New York, as a backdrop to her fall collection, a bunch of shredded papers, keeping them in their original condition from the recycling environment in Brooklyn and returning them unchanged. Hearst hired nonprofit Manos Del Uruguay and its women artisans to make the collection by hand knitting. Recycled cashmere yarns, remnants of ancient Turkish carpets, were mainly used to make outerwear. The overall carbon footprint of the show was measured by EcoAct, with the compensation value given to the Cardamom Forest Project to help preserve and protect Cambodiaâ??s rainforest.

BALENCIAGA

At the Balenciaga show, Demna Gvasalia posed the threat of climate change in a very realistic way. Working with an artistic director named Nickle Bildstein-Zaar, he placed the models to parade on a runway covered by a layer of water, creating water splashes throughout the walk. The water also immersed the first two rows of seats, while above a large LED screen hanging from the ceiling, featured views and scenes of sea level rise, burning skies and total eclipses. This ominous and threatening rhythm elevated the biblical nature of the collection, with monastic attire and fetishistic notes.

Celina

At Celine's show, in addition to her unisex-haute-bourgeois outfit, Hedi Slimane debuted a jewelry collaboration with the César Foundation. Withdrawing from the 1960s Series Revolutionary Revolution series by the late French sculptor César Baldaccini, with hydraulically crushed iron and automobile cubes, Slimane pays homage to an artistic and spiritual spirit.

He creates a bridge between fashion art and these totemic objects, which can be worn as a pendant around the neck or by tightening the belt like a separate sculpture. Each piece of silver or vermeili is counted and sold in a box sealed with the artistâ??s signature.

TORY BURCH

Tory Burch, along with pottery processor Francesca DiMattio, joined together by assembling an installation of porcelain works of several ornate flowers, in different sizes and scales, presented at her fall fashion show in Sothebyâ??s, New York. It was a reunion of sorts: The designer was the artistâ??s first buyer.