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Madame Gres, Couture at Work

The Musee Galliera is launching its extra-mural exhibition programme at the Musee Bourdelle with the first Paris retrospective of the work of one of the great masters of couture, Madame Gres (1903-1993). Regarded by her peers as the tutelary spirit of the profession, Madame Gres constantly said throughout her life: "I wanted to be a sculptor. For me, working with fabric or stone is the same thing." Her quest led her to the ancient world, but also to North Africa and India. A fifty-year journey from Hellenistic sculpture to the intransigent minimalism she pioneered in the fashion realm.
The exhibition showcases some eighty creations from the Musee Galliera and private collections, and fifty original photographs and a hundred drawings from the Maison Gres Archives, generously acquired and donated to the museum for this retrospective by the Fondation Pierre Berge-Yves Saint Laurent.

Madame Gres, Couture at Work gives pride of place to her most emblematic pieces: the draped evening dresses for which she received the De d'or award in 1976. Created from the 30s to the 80s, always in jersey and often ivory or pearl grey, these sculptural dresses have radiantly withstood the test of time. Photographed by Richard Avedon and Guy Bourdin, they were widely featured in women's magazines. her day wear - the dresses and coats of the 50s and the purified designs in double-sided wool of the 60s and 70s - are still an inspiration for couturiers and designers today. The art of Madame Gres is timeless.

Courtesy Henry Clarke/Galliera/ADAGP, Paris 2010

Gown, around 1955

@Ph. Ladet and CI. Pignol / Galliera / Roger-Viollet

F/W 1974-1975

@Stephane Piera / Galliera / Roger-Viollet

Around 1947

@Stephane Piera / Galliera / Roger-Viollet

Spring 1946

@Stephane Piera / Galliera / Roger-Viollet

Cocktail, Fall 1950

@Stephane Piera / Galliera / Roger-Viollet

Bustier, Spring 1964

@Stephane Piera / Galliera / Roger-Viollet

Eugene Rubin, around 1946
Madame Gres

@Eugene Rubin

Model Alix, Winter 1934

@Studio Dorvyne/FNAC/Centre National des Arts Plastiques - Ministere de la Culture et de la Communication, Paris

Images courtesy Musee Galliera

Madame Gres, Couture at Work

March 25-July 24, 2011

Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty

The exhibition, organized by The Costume Institute, will celebrate the late Alexander McQueen's extraordinary contributions to fashion. From his postgraduate collection of 1992 to his final runway presentation which took place after his death in February 2010, Mr. McQueen challenged and expanded the understanding of fashion beyond utility to a conceptual expression of culture, politics, and identity. His iconic designs constitute the work of an artist whose medium of expression was fashion. Approximately one hundred examples will be on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, May 4 - July 31, 2011.

"McQueen's work fits easily in the discourse of art. He can be considered no less than a great artist," said Thomas Campbell, director of the museum.

All the images below are from the exhibition catalogue Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011.

Courtesy of Alexander McQueen (1969-2010)

Dress, F/W 2010

Ensemble, VOSS, S/S 2001

Dress, VOSS, S/S 2001

Dress, The Horn of Plenty, F/W 2009-10

Dress, No. 13, S/S 1999

Dress, Irere, S/S 2003

Dress, Sarabande, S/S 2007

Ensemble, Plato's Atlantis, S/S 2010

Dress, F/W 2010-11

Ensemble, It's a Jungle Out There, F/W 1997-98

Dress, Widows of Culloden, F/W 2006-07

Photography by Solve Sundsbo

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Amsterdam's Fur Free Exhibition

January 24th was the official opening night of Amsterdam's latest Fur Free project. Hosted at one of the world's oldest botanical gardens, the Hortus Botanicus, five fashion designers Bas Kosters, And Beyond, Antoine Peters, Hester Vlamings and Lew exhibited a fur free fashion showcase in the garden's greenhouse. A unique event beautifully styled by Caroline Fuchs and Maarten Spruyt.

Fur Free