What is Wearable Art?

I'll bet there are many answers to "what is wearable art?"

Yesterday I discover an article from a couple of years ago in the LA Times, by Booth Moore, that took a stab at it.
"The definition is difficult to pin down, but generally wearable art is “artist-made clothing constructed from artist-made textiles,” according to (Legion of Honor museam) curator Melissa Leventon. “A lot of wearable artists were trained in fine art and weren’t interested in learning how to be fashion designers,” she said. “They were interested in beating their way into the art world with clothing.” The genre is also characterized by low-level production and capitalization, she said. “Wearable artists are not backed by [luxury fashion conglomerate] Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton. They work within a cottage-industry model.”

Maybe. I don't see too many artists making their own textiles these days, but I agree with the low-level production and capitalization/cottage-industry description.
I was truly surprised to read that the movement began with the 1960's hippies. (Horay for my generation!) I would have thought it would be centuries old.

An interesting article. Check it out.