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Bulgari "Between Eternity And History" Opening Exhibition

coutorture — Thu, 21 May 2009 09:44:51 -0700

Last night celebrities and fashion folk gathered in Rome to celebrate the opening of Bulgari's retrospective, titled, "Between Eternity and History: 1884-2009". As part of their 125th anniversary celebration over five hundred works of jewelry, watchmaking and objets d’art were on display. Check out images from last night's even in the gallery below.

The Model As Muse: Embodying Fashion

coutorture — Mon, 04 May 2009 10:20:31 -0700

This morning we attended a press conference for the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute 2009 exhibition entitled, "The Model As Muse: Embodying Fashion". We'll be bringing you red carpet photos from tonight's gala but check out our first look inside the exhibition itself. As stated by The Costume Institute, the exhibition "explores the reciprocal relationship between high fashion and evolving ideas of beauty, focusing on iconic fashion models in the latter half of the 20th century and their roles in projecting, and sometimes inspiring, the fashion of their respective eras.".

coutorture — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:55:01 -0700

Richard Avedon Exhibition To Open At International Center Of Photography

There's nothing like the air-conditioned calm of a gallery opening during a sweltering New York summer--and this one should be on any fashion lover's calendar. The exhibition opens May 14th and stays open through September 6th. It calls itself "the first exhibition devoted exclusively to Richard Avedon’s fashion work" and is slated to include some 175 photographs from Avedon's career. Avedon is most widely known for his work in the 50's and 60's at Harper's Bazaar and in the 70's and 80's at Vogue (he went to Vogue when Diana Vreeland did). Avedon was also the inspiration behind Stanley Donen's film Funny Face starring Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn. Let's hope the film is playing down the street at Bryant Park this summer, so that one could make a whole Avedon evening of it.

Isabel Toledo Retrospective Poised To Open This June

coutorture — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:30:38 -0700

It was announced this week that a fashion retrospective celebrating designer Isabel Toledo is slated to open at FIT's museum this June. The retrospective, entitled "Isabel Toledo: Fashion From The Inside Out", will display approximately seventy looks from the mid-1980's to present, including pieces from Toledo's time as creative director of Anne Klein. The retrospective will be open to the public from June 17th through September 26th. We'll be reporting on the retrospective when it opens but, for now, check out a first look at some of the designs included in the exhibition.

Hussein Chalayan: From Fashion And Back

coutorture — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:19:05 -0800

Photo by Dave M. Bennet/ Getty Images.

Hussein Chalayan is among those designers, like Rei Kawakubo, Alexander McQueen, or Junya Watanabe, who lets exploration and experimentation sometimes get the best of his ability to make clothing wearable... and, according to the Times Online, to an exceptional degree. The "From Fashion And Back" retrospective (put together by Puma where Chalayan is now creative director) celebrates the designer's talent in this area. Thankfully, the combination of an unbending artistic vision and involvement with a global brand now afford him the best of both worlds. To see more images from the exhibition, click here.