Christian Dior, "designer of dreams"
From London to New York passing through Florence and Madrid: these are the fashion exhibitions that you must include in your 2019 fashion calendar.
CHRISTIAN DIOR: DESIGNER OF DREAMS _(Victoria & Albert Museum, London) _
"There is no other country in the world, apart from my own, whose lifestyle I like so much. I love English traditions, English courtesy, English architecture. I even love English cuisine."
Based on these words of Christian Dior, How could the exhibition that pays homage to his legacy not go through the English capital?
The exhibition traces the history and impact of one of the most influential couturiers of the 20th century from 1947 to the present, with special emphasis on the Maison's relationship with Great Britain.
_(From February 22 to July 14, 2019) _
** ANIMALIA FASHION ** _(Palazzo Pitti, Florence) _
An exhibition conceived as a fantastic hyperbolic museum of natural history that shows the animal world as an inexhaustible source of inspiration for designers.
Here clothing, accessories and jewelry become an experience, a journey through the history of zoology, but above all in a discovery of shapes and colors that evoke insects, fish, birds, shells, common and rare species.
In the different rooms of the Museum of Fashion and Costume, located in the Palazzo Pitti, we find stuffed animals that coexist with other real ones like butterflies and other insects as well as drawings that go from the year 2000 to today.
_(From January 8 to May 5, 2019) _
MARY QUANT _(Victoria & Albert Museum, London) _
"The goal of fashion is to make modern clothing available to everyone," he said. MaryQuant, the British woman who revolutionized the way of dressing and popularized the use of the miniskirt in the 60s.
In the sample dedicated to the designer, more than 200 garments and accessories are exhibited, including Never-before-seen pieces from Quant's personal archive.
Miniskirts, hot pants, tights, makeup... revolution is served at the Victoria & Albert.
_(From April 6, 2019 to February 16, 2020) _
CAMP: NOTES ON FASHION _(The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) _
One of the most anticipated fashion exhibitions of the year is, without a doubt, that of the Metropolitan Museum of New York, inaugurated with a gala in which all the guests come with a dress code appropriate to the theme which the sample is about.
Mary Quant, visionary and revolutionary
If last year we attended a dialogue between fashion and religion with Heaven Bodies, this year the exhibition is inspired by the essay Notes on Camp, by Susan Sontag.
In this work, the late American writer poses different ways of interpreting the term ‘camp’, which Andrew Bolton, curator of the show, summed up as "the love of the unnatural: artifice and exaggeration, style at the expense of content, the triumph of the epicene style".
The MET gala, to be held on May 6, will have as masters of ceremonies the singers Lady Gaga and Harry Styles tennis player Serena Williams, Alessandro Michele (creative director of Gucci) and the publisher Anna Wintour , also director of the MET institute.
_(From May 9 to September 8, 2019) _
BALENCIAGA AND SPANISH CULTURE _(Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid) _
Fashion and painting go hand in hand in the exhibition that the Thyssen Museum dedicates to Christopher Balenciaga, who, for many, is the most influential fashion designer of all time.
Master's works of art are linked to the tradition of Spanish painting from the 16th to the 20th centuries highlighting the references to the culture of our country present in the designer's creations.
Alessandro Michele for Gucci ensemble (Fall/Winter 2016–17)
sobriety and minimalism of religious garments, the brightness of the bullfighter's suit of lights that we see reinterpreted in a paillette jacket or the black velvet that takes us to the court of the Habsburgs are some of the brushstrokes that we will find in the exhibition.
A careful selection of paintings from Spanish private collections and different national museums, such as the Prado Museum or the Fine Arts Museums in Seville, Valencia and Bilbao.
Likewise, the exhibition, curated by Eloy Martínez de la Pera, will feature a set of valuable pieces of clothing, from the Balenciaga Museum of Guetaria, the Costume Museum of Madrid and other institutions.
_(From June 18 to September 22, 2019) _
MINIMALISM/MAXIMALISM: FASHION EXTREMES _(Fashion Institute of Technology, New York) _
Is less more or more is more? designers like calvin klein either Giorgio Armani they are famous for their minimalist style, dominated by purity and simple lines.
Cristóbal Balenciaga, "the teacher of us all", according to Christian Dior
Others, like Dries Van Noten, Alessandro Michele or Dolce & Gabbana they advocate maximalism and seek beauty in excess and saturation.
Although some firms can be clearly identified with one of the two extremes, the truth is that Throughout the history of fashion there have been periods in which one aesthetic or another dominated, a cyclical nature that shows the exhibition Minimalism/Maximalism: Fashion Extremes, starting from the 18th century to the present.
Tim Walker _(Victoria & Albert Museum, London) _
The work of one of the most acclaimed photographers in the world of fashion arrives at the V&A Museum, including a new series of photographs in which we find influences from the museum's own collections.
A dreamlike journey through the fantastic worlds of Tim Walker through snapshots, films, photographic sets and installations where beauty reaches the most extravagant and magical limits.
The Briton is a regular contributor to fashion headers such as Vogue and Harper's Bazaar ; or signatures like Dior, Burberry, Blumarine and Come des Garçons.
He has also worked with film director Tim Burton and premiered The Lost Explorer in 2010 , winning the award for best short film at the 2011 Chicago United Film Festival.
_(Since September 21, 2019) _