Art de la Mode et du Textile/Fashion & Textil Art

Installation view. Courtesy of Kimbell Art Museum. Photo by Robert Laprelle. Installation view. Courtesy of Kimbell Art Museum. Photo by Robert Laprelle.  FORT WORTH, TX.- This fall, the Kimbell Art Museum presents a special exhibition featuring the work of an esteemed Spanish artist who was captivated by the richness and mystery of the color black and the dramatic opposition of light and dark. Balenciaga in Black is on view in the Renzo Piano Pavilion from October 7 through January 6, 2019.  ... [Lire la suite]

“Great Dress” (berberisca or al kesswa l’kebira) (detail). Fez, Morocco, early twentieth century. Silk velvet, gift metal cords, braided ribbons, and embroidered tulle. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Gift of Perla Ben-Soussan, France; Gift of Armand Amselem, France, B66.1099, 1551, B71.0267, B79.0460. Photo © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem by Mauro Magliani. SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The first comprehensive US exhibition drawn from the Israel Museum’s world-renowned collection of Jewish costumes, Veiled Meanings: Fashioning... [Lire la suite]

BOLOGNA.- Geisha and samurai, beautiful women and legendary heroes, kabuki actors, fantastical animals, visionary worlds and strange landscapes are the protagonists of the exhibition Japan. Tales of Love and War. A selection of more than 200 works of art describing the Floating World of ukiyo-e has been brought for the first time to Bologna, where the elegant and sophisticated atmosphere of the Edo period, present day Tokyo (1603-1868) has descended on Palazzo Albergati. The greatest Japanese artists of the 19th... [Lire la suite]

Lot 55. GRES, Haute Couture, circa 1975. A pleated toffee silk jersey dress with asymmetrical bodice. Estimate: €3,500 — 4,500. Lot sold 10,625 €. Courtesy Sotheby's. Sotheby's. Collection Quidam de Revel, Paris, 05 Jul 2018

Lot 154. Martin MARGIELA, Spring-Summer 2006. An ivory crepe dress with straps and drape scoop neck at the back. Estimate: €2,000 — 3,000. Lot sold 11,875 €. Courtesy Sotheby's.  Sotheby's. Collection Quidam de Revel, Paris, 05 Jul 2018

Lot 124. PIERRE CARDIN BOUTIQUE, Fall-Winter 1968-1969. A green wool dress, collar and hem encrusted with black vinyl. Estimate: €1,500 — 2,500. Lot sold 18,750 €. Courtesy Sotheby's. Literature: L'Officiel de la Couture et de la Mode, n°557-558, 1968, similar model photographed by Patrick Bertrand p.56Pierre Cardin : Fifty Years of Fashion and Design, Elisabeth Längle, The Vendome Press, 2005, similar model illustrated p.103. Sotheby's. Collection Quidam de Revel, Paris, 05 Jul... [Lire la suite]

Lot 118. COMME DES GARÇONS, 1983. A dark blue tie-and-dye coton dress with ruffled back. Estimate: €3,000-4,000. Lot sold 35,750 €. Courtesy Sotheby's. Literature: Rei Kawakubo, Comme des Garçons, Chikuma Shobo, 1986, tie-and-dye models worn by Leslie Winner and Josée photographed by Peter Lindbergh, p.65. Sotheby's. Collection Quidam de Revel, Paris, 05 Jul 2018

PARIS - The sale of the Quidam de Revel collection achieved nearly €550,000 in 100 lots: a session punctuated with some splendid bidding battles for the most iconic pieces between major European collectors and international institutions. This unique session was marked by several world auction records, which were particularly impressive for Elsa Schiaparelli, Paco Rabanne and Martin Margiela. According to Julia Guillon, specialist in charge of the sale: "As Sonia Rykiel put it, you can create fashion all over the world, but the... [Lire la suite]

Christian Dior with model Sylvie, circa 1948. Courtesy of Christian Dior. LONDON - The V&A announced that it will be staging the largest and most comprehensive Dior exhibition in UK history. The show – which is entitled 'Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams' – is also the biggest fashion exhibition to be put on by the museum since the hugely popular 'Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty'. The museum today revealed that the exhibit will span from 1947 to present day – and will trace the history and impact of the founder and the six... [Lire la suite]

One of the displays at “Azzedine Alaïa: The Couturier,” which opened this week at the Design Museum in London. Credit: Mark Blower  LONDON.- The Design Museum in London presents Azzedine Alaïa: The Couturier, a major exhibition exploring the late designer’s unique creative talent and the timeless beauty of his work. Envisaged and curated by Monsieur Alaïa and Mark Wilson, Chief Curator of the Groninger Museum, the exhibition comprises designs stretching throughout Alaïa’s career from the early 1980s to... [Lire la suite]