Voluminous dresses by Balenciaga. Image courtesy of Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City.
Centre for Fashion Curation Recommended Stories
Welcome to our personal selection of recommended stories from the Centre for Fashion Curation blog. From reflections on past exhibitions and installations to interviews and updates, we are pleased to share the stories told through artefacts, wardrobes, social history, material culture and all aspects of fashion curation.
White Wedding Gown, never exhibited before, belonging to one of Balenciaga’s assistants. “Whenever someone turned 25 or was about to get married” says Javier González de Durana “he let them pick a design to make a new dress and gave it as a present. ” Image courtesy of Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City.
Banquet table vitrine display in ‘Festival’ zone, Chelsea College of Arts Library, University of the Arts University of the Arts London Archives and Special Collections Centre, Camberwell Collections and Archives and Central Saint Martins Museum & Study Collection. Photograph taken by Camilla Glorioso.
