Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Fashionable Art - Two Events Not to be Missed

The Bard Graduate Center - Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones

The Water is Wide 1940 - Stephen Jones Spring/Summer 2011

     - This exhibition, put together by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, makes it's stateside debut at the Bard Graduate Center (www.bgc.bard.edu) in Manhattan. The collection of more than 200 pieces of head wear consists of works as diverse in function as in form; ranging from a simple brimmed baseball cap once worn by Babe Ruth to whimsical sculptures created by some of today's foremost milliners, such as Philip Treacy and Stephen Jones himself. The show's New York run is from September 15, 2011 to April 15, 2012.

The Museum at FIT - The Daphne Guinness Collection

Sequined Chanel from the Collection of Daphne Guinness

     - Daphne Guinness shares glimpses of her staggering collection of couture from a life spent in pursuit of beautiful fashion. The always stylish heiress to the Guinness fortune, found as often at Paris runways as in society columns, is fortunate enough to count haute couture as one of her passing hobbies. Her collection shows true passion for the art of couture and a self-confident sense of style. The exhibit at FIT is a collaboration between Guinness and Valerie Steele, the museum's director, and will run from September 16th, 2011 through January 7th, 2012. While you're there, catch the Sporting Life exhibit that runs through November. For more information please visit www.fitnyc.edu.

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