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Wearable art, also known as Artwear or "art to wear", refers to individually designed pieces of handmade clothing or jewellery created as fine or expressive art. While the making of any article of clothing or other wearable object typically involves aesthetic considerations, the term wearable art implies that the work is intended to be accepted as a serious and unique artistic creation or statement. Wearable art is not intended to be worn as everyday clothing but one that is meant to draw attention while it is being displayed or modeled. Pieces may be sold and/or exhibited. The modern idea of wearable art seems to have surfaced more than once in various forms. Marbeth Schon's book on modernist jewellery refers to a "wearable art movement" spanning roughly the years 1930 to 1960. A 2003 The New York Times review of a book on knitting refers to "the 60s Art to Wear movement".
Wearable art showed up during the 60s, grew during the 70s, and grew further before all else 2000s. Probably the most notorious pieces are from Viktor and Rolf as found in their fall couture show from 2015. Carefully handmade clothing was considered as a device for self-articulation and furthermore, a strategy to defy large-scale manufacturing. The optimistic start of the movement that considered pieces of clothing to be a type of self-articulation today has developed into a new and fresh style of garments. Supporting that it is a type of art, most delivered pieces are shown and sold through galleries, shops, and specialist fairs. The yearly World of Wearable Art awards held since 1987 in Nelson in New Zealand, moving in 2005 to Wellington requiring a bigger scene for the occasion is a significant happening that grandstands the astonishing abilities of the creators. For a few, the examination concerning various textures is the final product and regularly materials pass on the pieces, while for others the greater and more lavish a dress or another garment is, the better. Most wearable art is made of fibrous materials and constitutes therefore a branch of the wider field of fiber art, which includes both wearable and non-wearable forms of art using fabric and other fiber products. Wearable art as an artistic domain can also include jewelry, or clothing made from non-fiber materials such as leather, plastic sheeting, metals, etc.