The effects of postmodern architecture on fashion design

It is been more than a half century that we are living in postmodern era. In this period artistic, cultural, social and environmental factors have faced great improvement and change due to technology and globalization. This alteration have effected architecture and fashion the most as they are in direct relation with art, technique and consumption. From the begining of postmodernism, Architecture has been the disicpline to reflect the charactristics of this era in the most apparent way. However, it has been a significant inspiration source for fashion. The starting point of both disciplines is the human body and architecture contains all the concepts that affect fashion. Architecture and fashion are joined in most of the interactions of postmodern era and reveal new styles and applied designs. Considering them, in the ongoing postmodern era the artistic, cultural, social, environmental and technical affects of architecture on fashion can be distinguished and defined better. These definitions are suitable mediums for the fashion designers to explore and reserach in this fast-moving consumer world.