Here Comes the Sun: Reseda Luteola gallery view
…to sleep, perchance to dream…
This is achieved physically by the limited use of glass cases, and in other more intangible ways.
To enter the exhibition is to cross a border into another realmmaybe the Land of Nod.
Here Comes the Sun: Reseda Luteola gallery view
This sculpture is worth taking some time over, as it suggests multiple readings.
To start, it might be understood as an opening salvo meant to have resonance on an institutional level.
It might also speak to the cerebral nature of Boltons approach to fashion.
Dream On: The title wall. Constantin Brancusi (French, 1876–1957),Sleeping Muse,1910. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949 (49.70.225)
Dream On: The title wall.
Constantin Brancusi (French, 18761957),Sleeping Muse,1910.
On one level, the exhibition theme, nature, is straightforward.
Little Dancer: An avatar of a Worth dress in the Introductory section.
In the past several years the curatorial staff has been exploring the Costume Institutes collection in new ways.
The two-part In America exhibitions started to tell sometimes difficult stories about previously unexplored makers.
Sleeping Beauties asks how science can safely extract hitherto untapped sensory aspects of garments.
Also in the introductory section, the Gucci by Alessandro Michele cape inspired by the dress.
Little Dancer: An avatar of a Worth dress in the Introductory section.
Also in the introductory section, the Gucci by Alessandro Michele cape inspired by the dress.
The Costume Institute is now embracing it for the purpose of further engaging a digital savvy audience.
Dior’s Garden: This room has elements you can touch.
Dye analyses were one jot down of experiment undertaken by the curators in the making of this exhibition.
There are a few things happening in the Dior room.
Also in the room is Raf Simonss real-life size interpretation of the Miss Dior model.
The Mermaid Bride. The cathedral train on this Callot Soeurs wedding dress is 14’ x 4” wide and 12’ x 5” long.
Diors Garden: This room has elements you could touch.
The cathedral train on this Callot Soeurs wedding dress is 14 x 4 wide and 12 x 5 long.
A customized version of ChatGPT has been employed to allow visitors to ask questions of this mermaid bride.
The Red Rose: This Sleeping Beauty is a delicate Lanvin frock with ribbon work that is too fragile to dress.
The new show also seems to build upon 2016s Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology.
The role of science is worked in obvious and subtle ways throughout.
The exhibitions rooms and passages are like those of a connecting molecule.
The Birds: Alexander McQueen jackets.
Weve reawakened garments in the past, mainly through interpretationnever really through the senses.
This is the first time were literally bringing them back to life.
The Birds: Alexander McQueen jackets.
Van Gogh’s Flowers: Yves Saint Laurent jacket and Maison Margiela Artisanal dress.
Van Goghs Flowers: Yves Saint Laurent jacket and Maison Margiela Artisanal dress.
Butterflies: Charles James dresses to make the heart flutter.
Going Dutch in the Tulip Room: Charles Frederick Worth cape; Dries Van Noten coats.
Butterflies: Charles James dresses to make the heart flutter.
Going Dutch in the Tulip Room: Charles Frederick Worth cape; Dries Van Noten coats.
