101 Dresses
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Mimi Smith Camouflage Maternity Dress, 2004, based on 1966 "Maternity Dress
If you are in or around New Haven don't miss 101 Dresses, an exhibition curated by Linda Lindroth and Denise Markonish at Artspace, which will be up until June 23.
The exhibition "celebrates the theme of fashion in contemporary art. On view are 101+ examples in all media, by a mix of local and national visual artists as well as the work of fashion designers and collectors. It takes its inspiration from Eleanor Estes' 1944 classic children's book, The Hundred Dresses."
The selection of artists and designers in the exhibit span generations as it includes the work of Zoe Sheehan, Marisa Jahn, and Despina Papadopoulos alonsgside that of Yoko Ono, Mimi Smith, and Laurie Simmons. (Here, you can find a full list of the artists and designers included.)
Francesca
Fashion Projects #5 is devoted to fashion curation, examining the meteoritic rise in relevance of fashion exhibitions.
It features interviews with an eclectic assortment of leading practitioners from different corners of the world. The issue includes long Q&As with Harold Koda, the longtime, recently retired curator of the Met’s Costume Institute, as well as the Museum at FIT’s veteran leader Valerie Steele. It also features interviews with curators in Antwerp (the ModeMuseum’s Kaat Debo), Toronto (Royal Ontario Museum’s Alexandra Palmer) and Venice (Maria Luisa Frisa); academics studying the field (Hazel Clark, Annamari Vänskä, and Alistair O’Neill); and, giving an on-the-ground perspective, the Met’s head conservator, Sarah Scaturro. The issue’s cover stars Greer Lankton’s sculptural representation of legendary Vogue editor and Costume Institute doyenne Diana Vreeland, who continues to loom over the field years after her death.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Showmanship and History: An Interview with Harold Koda by Francesca Granata
Woman of Steele: An Interview with Valerie Steele by Lisa Santandrea
Exploring Fashion’s Openness: An Interview with Kaat Debo by Alex Esculapio
London, After a Fashion Curator: An Interview with Alistair O’Neill by Alexis Romano
Curation and Conservation: An Interview with Sarah Scaturro by Mae Colburn
Reflections on Fashion Curating
An Interview with Hazel Clark and Annamari Vänskä
Fashion in the Vast Museum: An Interview with Alexandra Palmer by Ingrid Mida
Restless Curating: An Interview with Maria Luisa Frisa by Marco Pecorari