American Beauty: Aesthetics and Innovation in Fashion
Date: 11:00 am, Friday February 26, 2010
Cost: Free!
Fashion designed and made in the United States over the past one-hundred years has attained worldwide influence due in large part to the creation and popularization of sportswear, denim, and mass marketing. Yet, contrary to popular belief, America has also produced artistic and innovative clothing that utilized the craft of dressmaking.
American Beauty: Aesthetics and Innovation in Fashion is the first exhibition to examine the relationship between the “philosophy of beauty” and the technical craft of dressmaking in the United States. Curated by deputy director Patricia Mears, the exhibition features approximately 80 garments by a highly selective group of American fashion designers.
Location:
The Museum at FIT
Seventh Ave at 27th st
(212) 217-4558
Directions:
1 (28th)