LONDON.- This spring the V&A opened the first UK solo exhibition celebrating the life and work of Yohji Yamamoto, one of the world’s most influential and enigmatic fashion designers. This installation-based retrospective, taking place 30 years after hi…
Victoria and Albert Museum Celebrates the Life and Work of Yohji Yamamoto
LONDON.- This spring the V&A opened the first UK solo exhibition celebrating the life and work of Yohji Yamamoto, one of the world’s most influential and enigmatic fashion designers. This installation-based retrospective, taking place 30 years after hi…
New Exhibition at Museum of Contemporary Art Shows Rodarte Fashions as Sculptures
LOS ANGELES (AP).- The black tutus from “Black Swan” twirl slowly, almost dancing with six other black feather-trimmed Rodarte dresses that hang suspended on invisible mannequins beside them. The white tutus from the film spin beside other white dress…
Richard Avedon’s Lively Images at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
BOSTON, MA.- Richard Avedon (1923–2004) was the man who brought fashion photography to life. Instead of perpetuating static images of human mannequins posing stiffly in magazines, Avedon depicted his models as real women whose energy and exuberanc…