EDWARD STEICHEN AND ART DECO FASHION
- Co-curator

Comprising more than 200 vintage photographs and more than forty thirty garments and accessories, Edward Steichen and Art Deco Fashion captures the sophisticatio and elegance of a golden age of fashion and photography. As a chief photographer for fashion's most influential and glamorous magazines, Vogue and Vanity Fair, Edward Steichen created images that were imaginative documents of glamour, talent and style. This stunning exhibition also includes Art Deco fashion from the NGV Fashion and Textiles collecton, with garments and accessories from the 1920s and 1930s.

DIOR AND YAMAMOTO: THE NEW LOOK
-Curator

Dior & Yamamoto: The New Look is a small exhibition that considers two pivotal moments in the history of fashion through designers Christian Dior and Yohji Yamamoto. 

In the history of fashion, there have been several moments that have entirely changed the way people dress. In 1947, Dior’s debut spring collection completely transformed fashion from the angular silhouette of the 1940s into softer feminine hourglass shapes with wasp-waists and billowing skirts almost overnight. Carmel Snow at Harper’s Bazaar dubbed it the ‘New Look’. In 1981, Yohji Yamamoto’s debut Paris collection also changed the course of fashion history—shaking up the concept of Western-style clothing with a rag-like collection and throwing the fashion world into controversy. His collections created a new vocabulary in fashion which has altered its course. Yamamoto did not introduce this look alone, but his work holds particular resonance with the work of Dior. This project draws out some of those connections through selected garments, photographs and prints.