Category Archives: Exhibition

Exhibition Review: Daphne Guinness

By Fiona Tedds ‘I don’t do event dressing, because every day is an event.’ Daphne Guinness.  In a world where the art of getting dressed is often overlooked, it is thrilling to know that so long as people like Daphne … Continue reading

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New Exhibition: Charles James: Genius Reconstructed

On October 22nd the Chicago History museum will open the exhibition Charles James: Genius Reconstructed curated by Timothy Long, who I interviewed here last year. The exhibition features fifteen iconic dresses from the museum’s collection. Out of these dresses four … Continue reading

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Exhibition Review: Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore

This last Saturday I finally found the time to visit the exhibition Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore at The Jewish Museum. If you haven’t seen it yet, I truly recommend you do before it closes September … Continue reading

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Exhibition: Daphne Guinness

Daphne Guinness Museum at FIT, Special Exhibitions Gallery September 16, 2011 – January 7, 2012 While there have been many exhibitions devoted to great fashion designers, only a few have focused on individual women of style. Yet certain singular women … Continue reading

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exhibition: Illuminating Fashion: Dress in the Art of Medieval France and the Netherlands

Illuminating Fashion: Dress in the Art of Medieval France and the Netherlands Morgan Library and Museum May 20 through September 4, 2011 This exhibition will explore the evolution of fashionable clothing in Northern Europe—from the fashion revolution of the early … Continue reading

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Exhibition: Giorgio di Sant’Angelo

Giorgio di Sant’Angelo Phoenix Art Museum Ellman Fashion Design Gallery September 17, 2011 – February 12, 2012 Phoenix Art Museum presents the first ever Museum retrospective to highlight the extraordinary ingenuity of American designer Giorgio di Sant’ Angelo. The winner … Continue reading

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Exhibition: Dressed to Play: Sporting Clothes, 1870-1900

Dressed to Play: Sporting Clothes, 1870-1900 August 7 – October 24, 2011 The Alice Austen House Museum – Staten Island, NY The exhibition was curated by Jessica Barber and Audrey Chaney, both recent graduates from the M.A. Fashion and Textile … Continue reading

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EXHIBITION: GEORGES DAMBIER : WHO’S THAT GIRL?

EXHIBITION: GEORGES DAMBIER : WHO’S THAT GIRL? Bonni Benrub Gallery Closes May 27, 2011 41 East 57th Street 13th Floor, New York, NY 10022 212.888.6007 tel 212.751.0819 fax Regular Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 10am – 6pm Summer hours: Monday – Friday, 10am … Continue reading

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Savage Beauty- Alexander McQueen retrospective at the MET

Check out this slideshow from Vogue. It features images from the upcoming Alexander McQueen retrospective “Savage Beauty” at the MET’s costume institute with captions by Sarah Burton, who was McQueen’s assistant and today is the creative director of the house.

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Rodarte: States of Matter at MoCA

Check out this video, from the exhibition Rodarte: States of Matter at MoCA. The show runs through June 5th and includes twenty objects in black and white from Rodarte’s previous collections, as well as several ballet costumes from the film … Continue reading

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