Quite a while ago, I went to the Los Angeles County Museum of
Art to see this show. I took a shitload of photos and stitched them together in
iDVD and then added music (Schubert: String Quintet In C, D 956 - 1. Allegro Ma
Non Troppo; Wolfgang Böttcher: Melos Quartet). I put it on YouTube and so far
it has attracted 4,300 hits—that’s pretty “viral” for this old guy.
Fashioning
Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915
celebrates the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s groundbreaking acquisition of
a major collection of European men's, women's, and children's garments and
accessories. The exhibition tells the story of fashion's aesthetic and
technical development from the Age of Enlightenment to World War I. It examines
sweeping changes in fashionable dress spanning a period of over two hundred
years, and evolutions in luxurious textiles, exacting tailoring techniques, and
lush trimmings. Highlights include an eighteenth-century man's vest intricately
embroidered with powerful symbolic messages relevant to the French Revolution;
an evening mantle with silk embroidery, glass beads, and ostrich feathers
designed by French couturier Émile Pingat (active 1860-96); and spectacular
three-piece suits and gowns worn at the royal courts of Europe. This exhibition
is absolutely stunning and the setting of its touring crates is perfect.
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