Fashion: Art or Usability?

I personally feel that fashion is an form of art. Some may feel that it is not a form of art however a lot of fashion designers or designers in period are inspired by a piece of artwork. Fashion just like art expresses one's feelings or emotions at that particular time. Fashion can tell you what people wore at certain period of time just as an painting can express the same thing. You can't just put fashion in it's own catergory neither can you put art in it's own category because they both intell a lot of thought and inspirtation. It's as if they go hand in hand with each other. When you bring up fashion one can instantly think of art. Whether it's getting an idea from an actual painting, scenery, movie,etc each one comes from some form of art. The same amount of artisitc expression goes into making clothing as well as into creating some form of artwork. Fashion is a form of artwork that is always relevant and rejuvenating itself on a daily basis. It is always being changed and redeveloped into something else that is relevant and in at a certain time period. Whereas art is most of the time is a piece of work to be remembered and mounted for people to look at from time to time. There are designers such as Ossie Clark who would say that fashion is art because he felt his clothing designs were worthwhile, his clothes were being shown in musems at that time. www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2003