Polish artist Paulina Olowska has created a series last year called “Applied Fantastic.” The paintings are based on knitting pattern cards, “which keep a distinct flavour of the eastern bloc while looking towards western fashion trends.” Read Frieze’s article from November-December 2006 about the artist here: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/43D5Uz/www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2011/apr/06/poland-artist-week-pictures Continue reading
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Exhibition: Color Moves: Art and Fashion by Sonia Delaunay
Cooper Hewitt, New York, NY March 18–June 5, 2011 Known primarily as an abstract painter and colorist, Sonia Delaunay applied her talents and theories to all areas of visual expression, including graphics, interiors, theater and film, fashion and textiles. A trademark of Delaunay’s work is the sense of movement and rhythm created by the simultaneous … Continue reading
Exhibition – Roberto Capucci: Art into Fashion
Philadelphia Museum of Art March 16, 2011 – June 5, 2011 Italian fashion designer and artist Roberto Capucci (born 1930) is revered by contemporary designers for his innovative silhouettes and masterful use of form, color, and materials. This exhibition–featuring over eighty works, as well as original drawings and sketches–will be the first survey of his … Continue reading
The Cult of Beauty: The Aesthetic Movement 1860-1900
This is the first major exhibition to comprehensively explore Aestheticism, an extraordinary artistic movement which sought to escape the ugliness and materialism of the Victorian era by creating a new kind of art and beauty. The well spring of the ‘new art’ movements of the late 19th century, Aestheticism is now acknowledged for its revolutionary … Continue reading
Undressing the Fashionable Myth Symposium
The founders of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture established an exclusive trade union in 1868 made up of fashion houses that produced one of a kind garments of the highest quality for their clients – haute couture. These days, the phrase haute couture is nothing more than a buzzword and is often used … Continue reading
Exhibition at the DMA: The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier
I am especially excited about the Jean Paul Gaultier exhibition opening in November at The Dallas Museum of Art. You can now purchase your tickets online to be one of the first to see the exhibition! Click on the link below to learn more about purchasing tickets in advance for a savings on-site or online. … Continue reading
FIT EXHIBITION: His and Hers
November 30, 2010 – May 10, 2011 His & Hers explores the relationship between gender and fashion over the past 250 years. Clothing can act as an immediate signifier of gender – however, while making distinctions between “masculine” and “feminine” styles of clothing may seem natural, gendering is not a biological phenomenon. While much of … Continue reading
Patricia Mears: Constructing Classicism in Fashion
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/album.php?aid=285203&id=7640348500 Check out photos from costume historian Patricia Mears’ lecture on fashion in the past exhibition Chaos & Classicism. Mears discussed clothing innovations that defined fashion in the 1930s and how they continue to influence modern dress and couture today. To learn more, visit the Chaos & Classicism online exhibition: http://ow.ly/3M02V By: Solomon R. Guggenheim … Continue reading
Upcoming Exhibition: Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty May 4, 2011–July 31, 2011 Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Exhibition Hall, 2nd floor The exhibition, organized by The Costume Institute, will celebrate the late Alexander McQueen’s extraordinary contributions to fashion. From his postgraduate collection of 1992 to his final runway presentation which took place after his death in February 2010, … Continue reading
Q and A: Tim Gunn
Q and A: Tim Gunn * By Megan Gambino * Smithsonian magazine, December 2010 The co-host of Lifetime TV’s Project Runway talks about what makes good design and more. Especially interesting is the question regarding whether designers should visit museums and Gunn’s statement that clothes are a form of semiotics. Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Q-and-A-Tim-Gunn.html#ixzz16jAtW8KA Continue reading
Object of Fashion 