The Cooper Hewitt Design Museum is celebrating its fifth installment of the popular contemporary design exhibition series, Beauty: Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial. The exhibit lasts through August 21. For more information: Visit here.
The ‘Beauty’ exhibit is just that—clothing, architecture and other display pieces created with technology or another unexpected mediums such as acrylic, beads and 3D-printers. The purpose of the exhibit is to explore the question: “What is beauty?”
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Elbow gloves, lariat necklaces, extravagant headpieces and meticulous beading were all the rage at the "Dressing Downton" a exhibition highlighting 40 years of fashion as seen on the international hit TV show Downton Abbey. I caught the now defunctshowing at the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond. No worries, “Dressing Downton” opens at the Richard H. Driehaus Museum in Chicago on February 9. For complete tour schedule: HERE.
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The idea behind the exhibition is that the phrase "fairy tale" is used in fashion circles to describe clothing that is particularly ornate and seemingly out of reach. Clothing also plays a significant role in fairytales, think Cinderella's ball gown or glass slippers; or Little Red Riding Hood's, well hood. The curators used garments and accessories from the 18th century to present-day to fuse the phrase "fairy tale" and actual "fairytales" into a magical display
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