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Written by Vintage Fashion Guild
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| April 4, 2009 - January 31, 2010 |
Fashion in Bloom
Paul Fashion Arts Gallery
This exhibition, drawn entirely from the IMA's extensive Fashion Arts Collection, brings together 25 examples of fashion that feature flower motifs. For centuries, delicate forms and rich colors of flowers have captivated artists and designers alike. Using roses, poppies, petunias, peonies, chrysanthemums and wildflowers, artists gave life to the simplest of silhouettes. The floral patterns on these garments were executed in a range of techniques including printing, embroidery, beading and brocading. Among the designers whose work will be exhibited are Norman Norell, Bill Blass, Givenchy, Galanos, Trigère and Callot Soeurs. Fashion in Bloom offers an in-depth look at the major styles of Western fashion, by providing a framework of significant shifts in silhouettes of feminine attire from the late 1700s to 1970s. The exhibition features three 18th Century ensembles, including a rare man's suit from 1775, along with 19th Century gowns and 20th Century garments.
Indianapolis Museum of Art, 4000 Michigan Road,ndianapolis , IN 46208 - 3326
http://www.imamuseum.org/explore/exhibitions/fashioninbloom
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September 5 through February 21, 2009
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Gothic: Dark Glamour
"Gothic" is an epithet that evokes images of death, destruction, and decay. Not simply a word that describes something, such as a Gothic cathedral, it is almost always a term of abuse that implies the dark, barbarous, and gloomy. Such negative connotations have made the gothic an ideal symbol of rebellion for a wide range of cultural outsiders. From its origins in 18th century gothic literature of terror to its contemporary manifestations in vampire literature and cinema, the gothic has embraced the powers of horror and the erotic macabre. Throughout its history, fashion has been central to our vision of the gothic. The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) will present Gothic: Dark Glamour, the first exhibition devoted to the gothic in fashion, from September 5, 2008 through February 21, 2009.
Museum at FIT Seventh Avenue at 27th Street,New York, NY 10001
212~217~4547 ** 212~217~5973 fax
www.fitnyc.edu/museum
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| September 27, 2008 through July 26, 2009 |
Chic Chicago: Couture Treasures from the Chicago History Museum
This exihibit will provide the rare opportunity to see more than 50 of the greatest couture treasures from the Museum's collection. The exhibition will feature Gilded Age gowns by Worth and Pingat as well as modern masterpieces by Chanel and Versace. The exhibition is a testimony to Chicago women of style who supported innovative fashion designers in the hope of claiming Chicago as chic. Fashion, they believed, was the most dramatic way to re-imagine Chicago as a sophisticated and cultured city. By purchasing and wearing couture fashion, these women aspired to overcome the city's image as a gritty, industrial, working-class metropolis and its negative reputations as hog butcher to the world, gangland, and the second city. The exhibition will display some of the most significant pieces that helped shape fashion history.
www.chicagohistory.org/planavisit/exhibitions/chic-chicago |
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