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Two Fashion Exhibitions

Metropolitian Museum
of Art


American Woman: Fashioning a
National Identity

May 5, 2010–August 15, 2010



Jeanne Lanvin (French, 1867–1946)

"..... It will explore developing perceptions of the modern American woman from 1890 to 1940 and how they have affected the way American women are seen today. Focusing on archetypes of American femininity through dress, the exhibition will reveal how the American woman initiated style revolutions that mirrored her social, political, and sexual emancipation. "Gibson Girls," "Bohemians," and "Screen Sirens," among others, helped lay the foundation for today's American woman."

 


A related exhibition at

Brooklyn Museum

American High Style: Fashioning a
National Collection

May 7–August 1



Elsa Schiaparelli (French, born Italy, 1890–1973)

"To mark the new relationship between the Brooklyn Museum and the Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum presents an exhibition of some of the most renowned objects from its costume collection. American High Style consists of approximately eighty-five dressed mannequins and a selection of hats, shoes, sketches, and other fashion-related material that will reintroduce the collection, long in storage, to the public...."




1936 Charles James (American, born Great Britain, 1906–1978)