MoMA features 111 iconic pieces in “Items: Is Fashion Modern?”

By
Asya Gorovits
– November 13, 2017Posted in: Arts, Fashion, Featured

“Items: Is Fashion Modern?” is the Museum of Modern Art’s final fashion exhibit of 2017, casting a spotlight on 111 different pieces that have stood the test of time.

“Items: Is Fashion Modern?” is on view at the Museum of Modern Art in New York through Jan. 28, 2018.  For ticket information and related event listings – including a panel with Harlem’s Dapper Dan and DIY fashion workshops – go to moma.org.

Photos: “Items: Is Fashion Modern?” – Museum of Modern Art
all photos by Asya Gorovits / Meniscus Magazine

“Le Smoking” (1967) by Yves Saint Laurent, a men’s tuxedo for women. (photo by Asya Gorovits / Meniscus Magazine)
A few takes on the “little black dress.” (photo by Asya Gorovits / Meniscus Magazine)
An outfit from Rei Kawakubo’s Spring/Summer 1997 “Body Meets Dress – Dress Meets Body” collection for COMME des GARÇONS. The Japanese designer was the subject of a major retrospective at The Metropolitan Museum of Art earlier this year. (photo by Asya Gorovits / Meniscus Magazine)

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