Fashion
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Publications
Elsa Schiaparelli (Italian, 1890–1973)
Dress, summer 1937
Courtesy of André Durst @ Vogue Paris
Dress, summer 1937
Courtesy of André Durst @ Vogue Paris
Miuccia Prada (Italian, born 1949)
Ensemble, spring/summer 2008
Courtesy of Mario Sorrenti/art partner
Ensemble, spring/summer 2008
Courtesy of Mario Sorrenti/art partner
Miuccia Prada (Italian, born 1949)
Sienna Miller in dress by Prada, fall/winter
2007-08
Courtesy of Mario Testino/art partner
Sienna Miller in dress by Prada, fall/winter
2007-08
Courtesy of Mario Testino/art partner
Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada: Spring 2012 Costume Institute Exhibition at Metropolitan
The spring 2012 exhibition, organized by The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, will be Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada: On Fashion. The exhibition, on view from May 10 through Aug. 19, 2012 (preceded on May 7 by The Costume Institute Gala Benefit), will explore the striking affinities between these two Italian designers from different eras. Inspired by Miguel
Covarrubias's "Impossible Interviews" for Vanity Fair in the 1930s, curators Harold Koda and Andrew Bolton will originate fictive conversations between these iconic women to suggest new readings of their
most innovative work.
The title, Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada: On Fashion, is based on Umberto Eco's books On Beauty and On Ugliness, which explore the philosophy of aesthetics that have informed our
sensibilities from the classical world to modern times. Videos in the galleries of simulated conversations between Schiaparelli and Prada will follow the book's paradigm and will be organized by topics such as On Art, On Politics, On Women, On Creativity, and more.
The exhibition, in the Metropolitan Museum"s first-floor special exhibition galleries, will feature approximately 80 designs by Elsa Schiaparelli (1890--1973) from the late 1920s to the
early 1950s and Miuccia Prada from the late 1980s to the present. Drawn primarily
from The Costume Institute's collection and the Prada Archive, as well as other institutions and private
collections, signature objects by both designers will be compared and contrasted to explore the extraordinary impact of their aesthetics and sensibilities on contemporary notions of fashionability.
Covarrubias's "Impossible Interviews" for Vanity Fair in the 1930s, curators Harold Koda and Andrew Bolton will originate fictive conversations between these iconic women to suggest new readings of their
most innovative work.
The title, Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada: On Fashion, is based on Umberto Eco's books On Beauty and On Ugliness, which explore the philosophy of aesthetics that have informed our
sensibilities from the classical world to modern times. Videos in the galleries of simulated conversations between Schiaparelli and Prada will follow the book's paradigm and will be organized by topics such as On Art, On Politics, On Women, On Creativity, and more.
The exhibition, in the Metropolitan Museum"s first-floor special exhibition galleries, will feature approximately 80 designs by Elsa Schiaparelli (1890--1973) from the late 1920s to the
early 1950s and Miuccia Prada from the late 1980s to the present. Drawn primarily
from The Costume Institute's collection and the Prada Archive, as well as other institutions and private
collections, signature objects by both designers will be compared and contrasted to explore the extraordinary impact of their aesthetics and sensibilities on contemporary notions of fashionability.
A general view of the Austin Reed and Viyella flagship store during the Grand Opening of the Austin Reed and Viyella Flagship Stores on Regent Street on Dec. 14, 2011 in London, England. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images for Austin Reed)