Love and War:
The Weaponized Woman
September 9 through December 16, 2006
The Museum at FIT www.fitnyc.edu/museum

fig.: left> Junya Watanabe for Comme des Garçons, Deconstructed military jacket and pleated skirt, Green wool twill, Japan, 1998. The Museum at FIT

right> WWI Infantry uniform, Khaki wool gabardine, USA, 1914-1918. The Museum at FIT

Photo by Irving Solero, courtesy The Museum at FIT

The influences of armor and other military styles on fashion are very different. The exhibition features approximately eighty contemporary garments by leading designers.

Officers, Not Gentlemen will show how military uniforms are used in contemporary fashion. You will see examples by Burberry, John Galliano, Christian Dior, and Junya Wantanbe’s WWI-inspired skirt and jacket.

Skin2: Weapons of Seduction will explore the allure of lingerie (a snakeskin brassiere ensemble by Azzedine Alaia, a “nude” corset by Peter Soronen, and a white tulle corseted ballgown by Olivier Theyskens for Marcel Rochas). next>>>