Indianapolis museum looks back at 20th century women’s fashionsINDIANAPOLIS – From the glamorous evening gowns of the 1930s to the androgynous fashions of the ’60s to the punk rock-inspired street wear of the ’90s, trendsetting styles from the last century will be showcased in the IMA’s newest fashion exhibition, “Cutting-Edge Fashion: Recent Acquisitions,” opening April 17 in the museum’s Gerald and Dorit Paul […]
Costume Institute exhibition to try on punk fashionNEW YORK – The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today that the spring 2013 exhibition organized by the Costume Institute will be “Punk: Chaos to Couture.” The exhibition, which will be on view from May 9 through Aug. 11 (preceded on May 6 by the Costume Institute Benefit), will examine punk’s impact from its birth […]
Fashion museums take up where runways leave offNEW YORK (AP) – Boohoo, so you did not get a front-row seat for New York Fashion Week! Fortunately, for fashionistas who love couture but cannot afford to buy it, there are many museums in the United States and abroad where they can get their fashion fixes without presenting credentials at the door. Fashion museums […]