fashion
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Costume Art: this exhibition didn’t land for me
Cover image by the author. In advance of my visit to the Met this past weekend, someone asked me about the theme of Costume Art, this year’s Costume Institute exhibition and the primary reason for my visit. Despite having read the blurb on the website, I could only say “it has both art and fashion”.…
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Fashioned by Sargent – a meeting of the masterpieces
This spectacular exhibition at the MFA Boston includes 50 major John Singer Sargent oil portraits alongside some of the clothing portrayed in them.
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High Fashion on the High Altar: Heavenly Bodies at the Met
Heavenly Bodies is an exhibition of high fashion influenced by Catholicism. The fashion appears amongst works of medieval art at the Met and Met Cloisters.
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Rosecliff (My Newport Adventures)
Of all the mansions I saw in Newport, Rosecliff was my favorite. It was owned by Hermann and Tessie Oelrichs and designed by Stanford White, completed in 1902. Tessie Oelrichs liked to host parties, and Rosecliff was definitely designed to be her perfect venue. She hosted her first of many, highly-theatrical galas before Rosecliff had…
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Exhibition Review – Charles James: Beyond Fashion at the Met
A review of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute’s 2014 exhibit of gowns by Charles James.
