The Palace Legion of Honor at San Francisco, California has a current exhibition called High Style being shown at the museum until July 19, 2015.
I wanted to be able to record my own pictures of the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection before the fashion pieces leave the west coast. For myself, this was a must see exhibition as I am unsure of when in my lifetime that I'll be able to ever have the opportunity to travel to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, which are the caretakers of this treasured collection. The costume collection consists of 25,000 items. These pictured items were just a minuscule fraction of that collection. I'd love to share that fraction with you.
:: Steven Arpad | Shoe Prototypes of Evening Pumps from the 1930's ::
:: The Butterfly Dress ::
:: Elsa Schiaparelli 1938 Necklace ::
:: Madeleine Vionnet ~ Magenta Evening Ensemble 1935 ::
:: Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel ~ 1965 Cocktail Dress ::
:: Yves Saint Laurent & House of Dior ~ 1950s Cocktail Dresses ::
:: Mainbocher ~ 1950 Evening Dress & Norman Norell ~ 1970s Evening Ensemble ::
My ultimate favorite of the whole exhibit is from the fashion designer Charles James.
:: The Clover Leaf Ball Gown ~ 1953 ::
:: Charles James Ribbon Ball Gown ~ 1946 ::
:: "Tree" Ball Gown ~ 1955 ::
These masterpieces are so worth seeing in person and don't feel intimidated with the name of the exhibit at all. { I attended the exhibit in my weekend ensemble of jeans and flips flops.}
Thank you so much for reading.
~ marissa
