All Dressed Up: The Latest Additions, Paul Textile Arts Gallery

All Dressed Up: The Latest Additions featured more than 30 recent acquisitions to the museum's permanent collection. Extraordinary pieces by renowned European couturiers such as Chanel, Balenciaga, Givenchy and Lanvin were on view as well as works by American designers, Norman Norell and Halston. Other featured objects were paper dresses, representing the “throwaway culture” of the 1960s and whimsical, surrealistic Bes-Ben hats created by famed milliner Benjamin Green-Field. Among the highlights of the exhibition were an 1880s Imperial Russian court dress, created by Charles Fredrick Worth and an Andy Warhol-inspired Pop art dress, produced by the Campbell Soup Company.

Selections from the Exhibition

Cristóbal Balenciaga  |  evening coat (manteau)

Cristóbal Balenciaga  |  ball gown

Norell, Norman  |  evening ensemble (genie outfit)

Designer Chanel, Coco  |  evening cape

Designer Norell, Norman  |  evening coat

Designer Givenchy, Hubert de  |  cocktail dress

Designer Patou, Jean  |  evening dress

Designer Paquin  |  coat

Designer Lanvin, Jeanne  |  evening dress

Designer Chanel, Coco  |  evening cape

Designer Cristóbal Balenciaga  |  cocktail dress

Designer Halston  |  bathing suit; 'Savage'

Designer Harry Gordon  |  poster paper dress "Eye"

Unknown; Manufacturer Campbell Soup Company  |  paper dress "Souper"

Designer Unknown  |  paper dress "Nixon"

Designer Bes-Ben  |  hat (masks)

Designer Bes-Ben  |  hat (swan)

Designer Bes-Ben  |  hat (horses)

Designer Bes-Ben  |  hat (Three faces)

Designer Bes-Ben  |  hat (clocks)

Designer Bes-Ben  |  hat (grasshopper)

Jon E. Riis  |  Greed

 

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Exhibition Panorama