PUNK: CHAOS TO COUTURE

       Chanel

The Fashion Event Of The Year
Championing The Individual

Christopher Kane

Galliano

Works by John Galliano, Riccardo Tisci for The House of Givenchy, Zandra Rhodes,
Ann Demeulemeester, Maison Martin Margiela, Rodarte,
Hussein Chalayan,  Alexander McQueen,
Junya Watanabe, Vivienne Westwood, and The CBGB bathroom.

Zandra Rhodes with her dresses

Featuring:
DIY/Hardware chains, safety pins and ball bearings
Bricolage, the construction achieved by using whatever comes to hand as in garbage bags
Graffiti-provoking the establishment
Distressing, tearing and ripping

Ann Demeulemeester

Galliano

American Beauty

American Beauty: Aesthetics and Innovation in Fashion

Special Exhibitions Gallery

November 6, 2009 - April 10, 2010

American Beauty: Aesthetics and Innovation in Fashion is the first exhibition to explore how the "philosophy of beauty" is allied to the craft of dressmaking. Each of the 90 looks on display was chosen to exemplify the relationship between technical ingenuity and artistic excellence. Curator Patricia Mears has focused on approximately 25 American fashion designers, ranging from the obscure, such as Jessie Franklin Turner, whose work dates from the late 1910s, to rising stars of the present day, such as the Mulleavy sisters of Rodarte. Other designers featured include Adrian, Bonnie Cashin, Maria Cornejo, James Galanos, Halston, Elizabeth Hawes, Charles James, Charles Kleibacker, Claire McCardell, Norman Norell, Rick Owens, Ralph Rucci, Isabel Toledo, Pauline Trigère, Valentina, Yeohlee, and Jean Yu.

Museum Hours:

Tuesday-Friday – noon-8 pm

Saturday –10 am-5 pm

Closed Sunday, Monday, and legal holidays

More info: http://www.fitnyc.edu/5517.asp