The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion
posted by Maggie's Nest at
5/07/2009 
Today is the beginning of the special exhibitions organized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art which runs from May 6 to August 9, 2009 at 2nd floor of The Tisch Galleries.
"The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion," explores the relationship of fashion and the evolving ideals of beauty and "focuses on iconic models of the twentieth century and their roles in projecting, and sometimes inspiring, the fashion of their respective eras."
The exhibit traces 50 years of the women who defined their generations, from 1947 to 1997. It features haute couture and ready-to-wear masterworks accompanied by fashion photography and video footage of models who epitomized their epochs.
Click the image below to take a glimpse!
Lovely, weren't they? It's amazing how iconic models not only embodied the spirit of specific season in fashion but have also shaped and influenced those fashion.
Harold Koda, curator in charge of the Costume Institute who co-curated the exhibit with Kohle Yohannan, observes that "the iconic models were actually the ones who didn't necessarily have the most perfect faces. Rather, it's the ones who had the most individualized look."
"The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion," explores the relationship of fashion and the evolving ideals of beauty and "focuses on iconic models of the twentieth century and their roles in projecting, and sometimes inspiring, the fashion of their respective eras."
The exhibit traces 50 years of the women who defined their generations, from 1947 to 1997. It features haute couture and ready-to-wear masterworks accompanied by fashion photography and video footage of models who epitomized their epochs.
Click the image below to take a glimpse!
Lovely, weren't they? It's amazing how iconic models not only embodied the spirit of specific season in fashion but have also shaped and influenced those fashion.
Harold Koda, curator in charge of the Costume Institute who co-curated the exhibit with Kohle Yohannan, observes that "the iconic models were actually the ones who didn't necessarily have the most perfect faces. Rather, it's the ones who had the most individualized look."
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