Add to Google Art Beijing 2012: Quentin Shih China-Inspired Editorials for Dior
“I’ve taken lots of inspiration from history, and [I] also really like surreal, highly colorful imagery,” said Quentin Shih, a laudable Chinese artist and fashion photographer.
| When: | View in Calendar » April 29, 2012 – May 2, 2012 |
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| Where: | View Map » National Agriculture Exhibition Center, 16号 E. 3rd Ring Rd N, Chaoyang, Beijing, China, 100026 |
| Contact: | http://ciae.com.cn +86 10 6509 6688 |
| Categories: | China |
| Tags: | Beijing Christian Dior Quentin Shih |
Explore Cocktail Culture Through the Lens of Fashion and Art
The Norton Museum of Art in Florida, United States is hosting an “intoxicating” exhibition entitled Cocktail Culture, a multi-disciplinary exhibit that explores the 20th-century party life through the lens of fashion, art, and design. On view now through March 11.
| When: | View in Calendar » December 15, 2011 – March 11, 2012 |
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| Where: | View Map » Norton Museum of Art, 1451 S Olive Ave, West Palm Beach, FL 33401, USA |
| Contact: | http://norton.org/ |
| Categories: | United States |
| Tags: | Christian Dior Cristóbal Balenciaga Elsa Shiaperelli Fred Greenhill Gosta Peterson Irving Penn Jeanne Lanvin Kenneth Paul Block Lee McQueen Lillian Bassman Tiffany & Co. Van Cleef & Arpels |
Learn the Secret Language of Clothing at IMA’s Material World
We’re judged by what we wear. If Lavinia is donning a straight-off-the-runway Cavalli gown, we’d probably guess that she’s “somebody” – somebody who has the means, power, and influence to snatch the frock before it hits the street.
| When: | View in Calendar » April 22, 2011 – February 5, 2012 |
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| Where: | View Map » Indianapolis Museum of Art, 4000 Michigan Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46208, USA |
| Contact: | http://imamuseum.org/ |
| Categories: | United States |
| Tags: | Chanel Christian Dior Indianapolis |
Uncover the Secrets of Charles James - America’s First Couturier
A team of museum staff worked tirelessly to study the garments made by Charles James (1906 – 1978), America’s first couturier. The team turned the dresses inside out, sketching, x-raying, and photographing the pieces. Two years and lots of cutting and reshaping later, unique copies of the interior of James’ iconic sculpted gowns were born: the Clover, the Tree, and the Taxi. [1]
| When: | View in Calendar » October 22, 2011 – April 16, 2012 |
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| Where: | View Map » Chicago History Museum, 1601 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614, USA |
| Contact: | http://chicagohistory.org |
| Categories: | United States |
| Tags: | Balenciaga Charles James Christian Dior Coco Chanel |
“Yves Saint Laurent: The Retrospective” VIP tickets
Premiered last year in Paris, the stunning Yves Saint Laurent: The Retrospective exhibition will make an exclusive stop at the Denver Art Museum (DAM) come March 25, 2012. Read on to learn more about the VIP tickets and YSL gift package. [Shop: Yves Saint Laurent Full Looks]
| When: | View in Calendar » March 25, 2012 – July 8, 2012 |
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| Where: | View Map » Denver Art Museum (DAM), 100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204, USA |
| Contact: | http://www.denverartmuseum.org/ |
| Categories: | United States |
| Tags: | Christian Dior Henri Matisse Pablo Picasso Piet Mondrian Vincent van Gogh Yves Saint Laurent |
Fashion, A-Z: Highlights From the Collection of the Museum at F.I.T., Part One
End of November, the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (Museum at FIT) in New York will run the first component of a two-part exhibition, titled Fashion, A-Z: Highlights From the Collection of the Museum at F.I.T., Part One, to display masterpieces from the museum’s permanent archives.
| When: | View in Calendar » November 29, 2011 – May 8, 2012 |
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| Where: | View Map » Fashion & Textile History Gallery, Museum at FIT, 7th Ave & W 27th St, New York, NY 10001, USA |
| Contact: | http://www.fitnyc.edu |
| Categories: | United States |
| Tags: | Azzedine Alaïa Christian Dior Gabrielle Coco Chanel Miuccia Prada New York Zoran |
Daphne Guinness: An Exhibition of a Style Icon
Fashion can be tricky. Some of us attempted to express ourselves through this art form only to end up looking like a fashion lunatic. So, the less adventurous among us decided to sit back and live vicariously through style icons.
| When: | View in Calendar » September 16, 2011 – January 7, 2012 |
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| Where: | View Map » Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (Museum at FIT), 227 W 27th St, New York, NY 10001, USA |
| Contact: | http://www.fitnyc.edu/10861.asp |
| Categories: | United States |
| Tags: | Alexander McQueen Chanel Christian Dior Christian Lacroix Christian Louboutin Dolce & Gabbana Gareth Pugh Givenchy Karl Lagerfeld New York Noritaka Tatehana Philip Treacy Rick Owens Shaun Leane Tom Ford Valentino |
“Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones” Lands Manhattan
Did you know? Humans have only stopped wearing hats in the last 50 years or so. “I think fashion historians will one day look back on this current time as the brief period when people didn’t wear hats,” Stephen Jones tells New York Magazine. “[It’s] just a blip in the larger history of headwear.”
| When: | View in Calendar » September 15, 2011 – April 15, 2012 |
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| Where: | View Map » Bard Graduate Center, 18 W 86th St, New York, NY 10024, USA |
| Categories: | United States |
| Tags: | Balenciaga Boy George Christian Dior Halston Jean Paul Gaultier New York Stephen Jones |
François Berthoud: The Art of Fashion Illustration Exhibition
François Berthoud’s first comprehensive exhibition, François Berthoud: The Art of Fashion Illustration, is being held at the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich (Museum of Design, Zurich). The exhibit will be up through Oct. 9, 2011.
| When: | View in Calendar » June 22, 2011 – October 9, 2011 |
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| Where: | View Map » Museum für Gestaltung Zürich (Museum of Design, Zurich), Ausstellungsstrasse 60, 8005 Zurich, Switzerland |
| Categories: | Switzerland |
| Tags: | Bulgari Christian Dior Ferragamo Sonia Rykiel Viktor & Rolf Yves Saint Laurent Zurich |