I n Philܫadelphia, the exhibition begins with fashions dating from 1947 – the year Christian Dior introduced his revolutionary "New Look," as dubbed by Harpers Bazaar editor-in-chief Carmel Snow, from which the exhibition takes it name. In addition to these iconic early works, Adrian's 1947 velvet "winged victory" gown among them, a 2013 shift dress by American painter Ellsworth Kelly and Francisco Costa of Calvi♚n Klein showcases fashion’s close relationship with art.
The Denver show includes artistic influences as well, notably a 2017 haute couture dress by Maria Grazia Chiuri inspired by Man Ray. “You see how a designer can transform an artist’s idea with fabric and embroidery to the point where if you didn’t know the source of ins💜piration, you wouldn’t understanܫd the complexity,” says Florence Müller, the show's curator.
Designed by renowned architect Shohei Shigematsu, who also fashioned the 2015 Costume Institute blockbuster, Manus x Machina: Fashion in the Age of Technology, the innovative exhibition will be arranged in thematic sections that chart the couture house's global legacy. A drama🃏tic visual display will also reveals the Dior atelier – the heart of the house where Dior's dream of making women more beautiful came to life.
