Velvet Goldmine: Fashion As Art
By Avram FinkelsteinIf artists are free to joke about selling out - Damien Hirst's Complete Spot Challenge, anyone? -- why fuss about the trend of fashion exhibitions swaddling the world's museums? Wherever you stand on whether art and fashion actually overlap, here is a short list of the surveys of fashion notables, half of which are about to hit the catwalk.
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 Inspiration DiorChristian Dior |
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 The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the CatwalkJean-Paul Gaultier |
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 Alexander McQueen: Savage BeautyAlexander McQueenA clash between 21st and 19th century ideologies. >> |
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 Daphne GuinnessDaphne GuinnessThe Guinness Walk-In. >> |
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 Madame Grès: Couture at WorkMadame Grès |
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 Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada: On FashionMiuccia Prada |
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 Yves Saint Laurent: The RetrospectiveYves Saint Laurent |
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 Christian LouboutinChristian Louboutin |
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 Louis Vuitton Marc JacobsMarc Jacobs |
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 Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950Victoria and Albert Museum |
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