Typically art types take the view of an upturned nose and dismissive flick of the wrist when asked about the influence of art in fashion, or whether fashion itself is a legitimate artform.
And although it doesn't settle this most polarising of creative debates, a new Instagram page is shining a light on the argument by dropping supermodels into classical masterpieces by the likes of Matisse and Manet.
@isartinfashion is run by Maria Sheila Miani, an Irish Social Media Strategist & Digital Artist, living in Italy.
The page's motto? 'To pretend fashion is art.'
We, for one, love it.
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"Cars Are Overrated painting: The Little Street by Vermeer Ph: @gisele
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"Really Gauguin? I Am Everything but Miserable in my Moschino Ensamble" painting: Self Portrait Les Miserables by Gauguin Ph: @daphnegroeneveld from @moschino backstage
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"These Grapes Are Delicious " painting by Henri Matisse Ph: @lilymcme
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"Stay Still, Gauguin is Going to Make Us Immortal!" Painting: Parau Api by Gauguin Ph: @daphnegroeneveld f
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"Alice in Wonderland" painting: Mata Mua by Gauguin Ph: @daphnegroeneveld
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"Enough Studying, Let's Go Out Playing!" painting: The Geographer by Vermeer Ph: @gisele
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"No, Thank You, I Can't Drink Wine, I'm Pregnant" painting: The Glass oggi Wine by Vermeer Ph: @gisele
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"It's Quite Windy Up Here, Manet, Are You Done with the Portrait?" Painting: Claude Monet Working on his Boat in Argenteuil by E. Manet Ph: @katem0ss
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"You Can't Sit with Us" painting: The Reading by Manet Ph @katem0ss
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"Your Turn, Matisse!" Painting: Ivy Flower By Matisse, 1941 ph: model @lilymcme