Drawing Fashion


Antonio, Joanne Landis Carnegie Hall Studio, New York Times Magazine, 1967

Aurore de la Morinerie, Couture I, 2010

Antonio, Karl Largerfeld, Vogue France, 1972

François Berthoud, Loves me Loves me Not, Myla UK, 2001

Mats Gustafson, Red Dress, Yohji Yamamoto,1999

Drawing Fashion - wonderful fashion illustrations collected over 30 years by Joelle Chariau, owner of Galerie Bartsch & Chariau (Munich), is currently showing for the first time at London's Design Museum.

"Drawing Fashion celebrates a unique collection of some of the most remarkable fashion illustrations from the twentieth and twenty first centuries. These original works define the fine art of illustrating fashion, from the collections of Chanel, Dior, Comme des Garçons and Poiret as well as Viktor & Rolf, Lacroix and McQueen."

The exhibition has been curated by fashion historian Colin McDowell. The showcased illustrations span 100 years and are displayed alongside period photography, music and news to show the social, cultural and style changes throughout the decades.

This is definitely on my December gallery list, but there's no rush it's running until 6 March 2011 and for those who want a little more information - tickets are now available for Stephen Jones in conversation with Colin McDowell, Wednesday 26 January 2011 at 7.30pm. Get your tickets here.

Images copyright of the artists and/or Joelle Chariau.
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4 comments:

  1. Make Do Style10 November 2010 at 20:27

    Fancy going with me?

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  2. WendyB10 November 2010 at 22:14

    I think I became hypnotized and clucked like a chicken after staring at the first picture for too long.

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  3. Delicious Industries11 November 2010 at 23:17

    MDS- definitely, I need a gallery day and they have great cake at the DM :)

    Wendy B - maybe it will have that effect on kate and I when we see it in the flesh, lol!

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  4. aluminium kozijnen16 March 2011 at 11:08

    Collections are really good..

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