22 mai 2011

Retrospective Fashion


















Gentle Reader -

Despite the due attention given to a certain dress way, way back on April 29, 2011, we have a most curious phenomenon developing quickly in today's fashion:

Museum-curated collections by dead designers which compete with current collections by living designers for fashion relevance, if not exactly for sales

In case you were wondering, yes, the Alexander McQueen dress above was on display in 2010 at the V&A. Yet a year later, we have "Savage Beauty" currently at the Met's Costume Institute:

http://blog.metmuseum.org/alexandermcqueen/

Until next time -

AP

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