Local designer Dahlia Drive takes "wearable art" to new lengths during VAG show

It appears that art fans are so taken with the works on display at the new Vancouver Art Gallery Show Collecting Matisse and the Modern Masters that they want to wear them out the doors.

Local label Dahlia Drive sold out of its hand-painted short kimonos inspired by one painting in the show, Henri Matisse's gorgeous Striped Robe, Fruit, and Anemones, surely the most fashion-conscious piece in the show.

Designer Wendy Van Riesen is already replenishing the collection of the flowy looks at the Art Gallery Store.