A new painting by the Scottish painter Peter Doig, titled Alpinist, is established to hang as portion of a new demonstrate that opens at the Courtauld in London this week. Finished in 2022, it depicts a male donning a riotously colourful harlequin match, uncannily equivalent to the crystal-lined Egonlab jumpsuit worn by Harry Types on this week’s Grammy awards pink carpet. Their resemblance did not go unnoticed by Doig, who posted an picture of Styles in the Grammys ensemble on Instagram, full with a pair of skis and rucksack from the authentic portray crudely included. A fabulously figuring out wink by the artist – and an additional great flip-flop among art and fashion.

From the Lucian Freud clearly show at London’s Back garden Museum, to the forthcoming Lynette Yiadom-Boakye exhibition at Guggenheim Bilbao, and the Basquiat x Warhol blockbuster opening at the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris in April – when it will come to reimagining the way we get dressed, there is trend inspiration in each individual gallery.

This collision is not new. Elsa Schiaparelli labored with Alberto Giacometti and Salvador Dalí in the 1930s, and the label she established continues to stir excitement under its current designer, Daniel Roseberry, who developed Kylie Jenner’s controversial lion-head gown for Paris fashion week past month. But it’s Andy Warhol, who began his job as a manner illustrator for Vogue, who remains the most fashiony of all from developing portraits of Halston and Giorgio Armani, to posing with Basquiat in Everlast boxing equipment, to owning his do the job seem on Versace dresses and Uniqlo T-shirts.

Doig now has trend sort, far too. In 2021, he collaborated with Dior’s resourceful director for menswear, Kim Jones, on an autumn/winter collection. “We looked at his paintings of males, of skiers, ice-hockey players, and the night time sky,” Jones advised Vogue. In yet another selection, Jones labored with the Ghanaian artist Amoako Boafo.

When I noticed Doig’s new work, it had me seeking via the patterned knit part of my wardrobe, which I’d been ignoring all wintertime. It is just one of lots of artworks that rejoice the pleasure of clothing on canvas. Some are even a worthy rival to what you could possibly see on the catwalks.

Acquire one of Yiadom-Boakye’s exquisite male figures, captured in profile donning a yolk-yellow polo neck and tan trousers in Divine Response (2021) or Lucian Freud’s portrait of photographer Harry Diamond dressed in a slouchy khaki waterproof coat, gray V-neck and unbuttoned shirt in Interior at Paddington (1951), a portray that was rediscovered following the Garden Museum’s clearly show.

See also the late portraits of Milton Avery, this sort of as Sally by the Sea (1962), with its beetroot-pink skirt and perky yellow top or Frida Kahlo’s Self Portrait with Cropped Hair (1940), with its outsized suit and earring. Dressing like paintings has, it looks, a smörgåsbord of opportunities.

Galleries are a excellent supply of inspiration in an era of acquiring significantly less and restyling what you by now have. A pin-up for this thought is Vivienne Westwood. The late manner designer, who designed “Buy a lot less, decide on properly, make it last” a person of her profession defining philosophies, after explained: “I could not design and style a issue without the need of on the lookout at art.”

In this social media-pushed era, fascination in vogue has exploded. But so, much too, has the need to have for designers to have more robust narratives around their outfits. Collaborations with artists or their foundations – from Raf Simons with Robert Mapplethorpe in 2016, to Acne Studios’s partnership with the estate of Larry Stanton past calendar year – can also generate collectible items.

In some cases, the impact of artists is more coincidental. Final autumn, an Alice Neel exhibition at London’s Victoria Miro gallery showcased a 1947 portray of Georgie Neel, her nephew, showcased Georgie donning a deep-crimson crew sweater with blue pointed shirt collars worn outdoors the knit – a very simple thought that immediately switches a seem up. It also felt quite Prada – and indeed the brand’s new menswear show showcased some related collar styling.

There are hardly any garments in the new retrospective of Giorgio Morandi at the Estorick Assortment in London, apart from some in a self-portrait. But Morandi’s operate, significantly of it here painted in the 1940s and 50s, is extra of a vogue mood. The colours in his nonetheless lifes of carafes and vases – butter yellow, warm tan, off-white, a plethora of gray – were absolutely built to be worn with each other.

It would also be remiss to disregard Cate Blanchett’s wardrobe in Tar. Her gray shirt by Parisian model Lemaire is extremely Morandi. There is also a mood below of The Row (Blanchett also wore the brand name), whose Instagram is a good resource of inspirational art references, these as Georgia O’Keeffe’s Blue Road, a heavenly minimal swerve of color.

It also resonates with emerging artist Heidi Hahn’s architectural and angular females, in all their Jil Sander-like minimalism. A identical sensibility (and palette) turned up at the men’s autumn/wintertime 2023 Loewe present, the place resourceful director Jonathan Anderson teamed up with up-and-coming artist Julien Nguyen. The assortment was was created about a coat-shaped silhouette, worn like a gown, which echoed Nyguen’s portray Lady in a Lab Coat.

Conveniently, there is a new Alice Neel clearly show titled Scorching Off the Griddle, which opens at the Barbican in London this thirty day period, and featuring styling twists galore. In her portray titled Wellesley Girls, there are polka dots – pretty upcoming-season Marni – and miniskirts. A 1977 portrait of Mary D Garrard showcases its topic seated in Neel’s trademark striped armchair, sporting a navy overcoat styled with a knitted hat, pink scarf and khaki slacks. Yet another portrait, of Abdul Rahman (1964), likewise helps make an outstanding case for a double-breasted eco-friendly coat with a mustardy shirt.

Like Freud, Yiadom-Boakye and Doig, Neel paints outfits with genuine gusto. It would seemingly be impossible for any manner fan to not depart this exhibit without at minimum a person new styling takeaway.