PARIS – After a very successful debut in Paris and stops in London and Shanghai, Dior is bringing its highly successful retrospective to New York City.
“Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams” will be on display at the Brooklyn Museum from September 10 to February 20, 2022, in an updated version, featuring various designs by founder Christian Dior on display for the first time and featuring the house’s creations. along with works from the museum’s collection.
It is the first major New York exhibition dedicated to Dior since the 1996 retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The poster for the exhibition “Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams” at the Brooklyn Museum. Katerina Jebb / Courtesy of Dior
The event, which will be hosted by the venue’s spacious Fine Arts Court, will be curated by Florence Müller, Curator of Textile Art and Fashion for the Avenir Foundation at the Denver Art Museum, in collaboration with Matthew Yokobosky, Senior Curator of fashion and material culture at the Brooklyn Museum.
Maria Grazia Chiuri, Artistic Director of Women’s Collections at Dior, noted that in 1949 the Brooklyn Museum hosted the exhibition “Two Centuries of French Fashion Elegance,” which featured a collection of French costume dolls made by the Syndicat de la Couture de Paris as an expression of gratitude to the United States.
“The mannequins displayed pieces from the best French couturiers, including Christian Dior, of course. I think it is wonderful to relive this link and cultural legacy; It is essential to celebrate the bond between Dior and the United States, which was so important in transforming Monsieur Dior and his brand into an international force, ”he said in a statement.
Dior, who began his career as a gallery owner, established a presence in New York one year after founding his fashion house in 1947. Models from his Corolle and En Huit lines will be displayed alongside paintings, including a work by Paul-César Helleu. , one of the designer’s favorite artists.
A dedicated space will celebrate American masters of photography, including Richard Avedon, whose “Dovima with the Elephants” will be flanked by prints by artists such as Horst P. Horst, Irving Penn, Henry Clarke, Lillian Bassman, Frances McLaughlin-Gill, William Klein. , Annie Leibovitz, Herb Ritts, and David LaChapelle.
The creations of the successive artistic directors of the house will be exhibited in the context of cultural history, highlighting Yves Saint Laurent’s affinity with the beatniks and Marc Bohan’s fascination with Jackson Pollock.
Since joining the house in 2016, Chiuri has collaborated with artists like Judy Chicago, whose monumental installation “The Dinner Party” is part of the permanent collection of the Brooklyn Museum, the only major museum in the country with a dedicated art center. feminist.
By the end of the exhibition, the Beaux Arts Court has been redesigned as an enchanted garden with a star-studded sky. There, visitors will be able to discover dresses worn by actresses from Grace Kelly to Jennifer Lawrence.
Dior was embraced by the American press from the beginning. It was Harper’s Bazaar editor-in-chief Carmel Snow who called his early designs the New Look. The images of the creations were published in Life magazine.
A few months later, Neiman Marcus presented Dior with his “Oscar” award for distinguished service in the field of fashion, prompting the designer to embark on a journey through the United States that led to the opening of the Christian Dior branch. in New York on Fifth Avenue in 1948.
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