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2024

Outlaws: Fashion Renegades of 80s London

Start Date
04 October 2024
End Date
09 March 2025
Venue
Fashion and Textile Museum
Location
London, UK
Curator
Martin Green, Duovision Arts, NJ Stevenson
Designer
Beth Ojari
A collection of mannequins wearing vibrant colours and patterns, in hues of purple, pink, yellow and blue.

Framing Fashion: Art and Inspiration from a Private Collection of Vivienne Westwood

Start Date
19 October 2024
End Date
02 March 2025
Venue
Bowes Museum
Location
Barnard Castle, Teesdale, UK
Curator
Rachel Whitworth
Four outfits displayed on mannequin in hues of blue, purple red and green tartan.

2025

Vivienne Westwood & Jewellery – A Retrospective Exhibition | Vivienne Westwood®

Start Date
17 January 2025
End Date
27 April 2025
Venue
Te Papa (Museum of New Zealand)
Location
Wellington, New Zealand
Designer
Nomad Exhibitions
An installation of four female mannequins, all wearing hues of gold, white and black.

2022

Heads up: Hats, Hoods, Hip-hop Caps

Start Date
20 October 2022
End Date
30 April 2023
Venue
Bayerisches Nationalmuseum
Location
Munich, Germany
Curator
Johannes Pietsch
Five on display in hues of blue, cream, green, and red.

2013

The Bag: A Cultural History from the 16th to the 21st Century

Start Date
11 April 2013
End Date
27 October 2013
Venue
Bayerisches Nationalmuseum
Location
Munich, Germany
Curator
Johannes Pietsch
Vitrines displaying five handbags. In different hues of black, brown, and cream

2024

Halcyon Days: Fashion and Culture in Reform-Age Pest

Start Date
13 June 2024
End Date
31 March 2025
Venue
Petőfi Literary Museum
Location
Budapest, Hungary
Curator
Zsolt Mészáros
Designer
Gyula Kemény and Gábor Bogdándy 
A floral historical dress on display complete with white and brown sleeves. Also on display are historical paintings of women.

2018

Frida Kahlo:
Making Her Self Up

Start Date
16 June 2018
End Date
18 November 2018
Venue
V&A
Location
London, UK
Curator
Claire Wilcox and Circe Henestrosa
Curatorial Advisor
Gannit Ankorias
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2019

Manolo Blahnik: The Art of Shoes

Start Date
16 May 2018
End Date
06 January 2019
Venue
Bata Shoe Museum
Location
Toronto, Canada
exhibition display of shoes in several glass cases in gallery

2024

Barbie®: A Cultural Icon Exhibition

Start Date
14 February 2024
End Date
07 July 2024
Venue
Phoenix Art Museum
Location
Phoenix, USA
Curator
Karan Feder and Mattel
Installation of a pink Barbie dress, display cabinets of Barbie dolls in multicolours.

Lee Alexander McQueen & Ann Ray: Rendez-Vous (Touring)

Start Date
30 May 2024
End Date
25 August 2024
Venue
Frist Art Museum
Location
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Curator
Katie Delmez and Kelly Peck
Designer
Nic Cherry, Kelly Peck, and Kasper Woldtvedt
A female mannequin wearing a long black dress with gold embellishments. to the right off the image our a collection of more female mannequins wearing colourful dresses in hues of white, orange, blue and green.

Moda in volo alle Uccelliere Farnesiane (Fashion in Flight at Uccelliere Farnesiane)

Start Date
24 April 2024
End Date
21 July 2024
Venue
Uccelliere Farnesiane, Parco Archeologico del Colosseo
Location
Rome, Italy
Curator
Sofia Gnoli
installation shot of mannequin with dress made of yellow and black feathers with image reflected behind

2023

The Cult of Beauty

Start Date
26 October 2023
End Date
28 April 2024
Venue
The Wellcome Collection
Location
London, UK
Curator
Janice Li
A display with a pink background featuring corsets.

2024

Poetry of Time

Start Date
26 May 2024
End Date
09 June 2024
Venue
Cromwell Place
Location
London, UK
Curator
Van Cleef & Arpels
A garden inspired vitrine displaying jewellery and watches , with hues of blue, green and yellow.

Dal Cuore alle Mani: DOLCE&GABBANA (From the Heart to the Hands: DOLCE&GABBANA)

Start Date
07 April 2024
End Date
31 July 2024
Venue
Palazzo Reale
Location
Milan, Italy
Curator
Florence Müller
Angelic female costumes that are displayed in a row against a silver backdrop

Manish Arora exhibition: ‘Life Is Beautiful’

Start Date
27 March 2024
End Date
18 August 2024
Venue
SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Curator
Rafael Gomes

Barbie®: The Exhibition

Start Date
05 July 2024
End Date
23 February 2025
Venue
The Design Museum
Location
London, UK
Curator
Danielle Thom
A pink display of three female mannequins dressed in one black floor length piece and two colourful pink outfits

2023

Direct from Graceland: Elvis the Exhibition

Start Date
20 October 2023
End Date
01 September 2024
Venue
Arches London Bridge
Location
London, UK
Curator
Angie Marchese
Male mannequins all wearing variations the iconic white Elvis suit.

2024

Untying the Bow

Start Date
01 March 2024
End Date
24 March 2024
Venue
The Museum at FIT
Location
New York, USA

2023

Japan: Myths to Manga

Start Date
14 October 2023
End Date
11 August 2024
Venue
Young V&A
Location
London,UK
Curator
Katy Canales, Mary Redfern and Masami Yamada.
Heels by designer Noritaka Tatehana in bold pink, red and blue colours and presented in different sizes.

2024

Imaginary Conversations

Start Date
22 June 2024
End Date
20 October 2024
Venue
Chatsworth House
Location
Derbyshire,UK
Curator
Erdem Moralioglu
A trio of mannequins dressed in male and female historical clothing. Hues of yellow, purple and beige delight these garments.

Selections from the Collection

Start Date
04 April 2024
End Date
04 April 2027
Venue
Museum of Contemporary Art Africa
Location
Cape Town,South Africa
Curator
Khanyi Mawhayi

2023

Gathering

Start Date
29 March 2023
End Date
31 July 2024
Venue
Textile Museum of Canada
Location
Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Curator
Roxane Shaughnessy
Senior Manager
Leah Sanchez
Curatorial Advisor
Devyani Saltzman
Display of shoes and accessories

2024

Dress Up

Start Date
13 April 2024
End Date
02 September 2024
Venue
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Location
Boston,USA
Curator
Theo Tyson, Emily Stoehrer, Rita J. Kaplan, Penny Vinik,and Susan B.
close up of women's torso clothed in white dress with red floral pattern

Cristóbal Balenciaga exhibition: ‘Master of Tailoring’

Start Date
25 January 2024
End Date
02 June 2024
Venue
SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Curator
Gaël Mamine
In collaboration with
Gaspard de Massé
And
Gonzalo Parodi
Organized by
Rafael Gomes

2021

What’s In Your Bag?

Start Date
21 July 2021
End Date
18 July 2022
Venue
Kent State University Museum
Location
Kent, Ohio, USA
Curator
Pierce Morgan

2023

Head to Toe

Start Date
02 February 2023
End Date
23 July 2023
Venue
Kent State University Museum
Location
Kent, Ohio, USA

2014

Fashion Victims: The Pleasures & Perils of Dress in the 19th Century

Start Date
18 June 2014
End Date
01 June 2016
Venue
Bata Shoe Museum
Location
Toronto, Canada
Curator
Elizabeth Semmelhack and Dr. Alison Matthews David

2023

Dressed to Impress: Footwear and Consumerism in the 1980s

Start Date
01 November 2023
End Date
16 March 2025
Venue
Bata Shoe Museum
Location
Toronto, Canada
Curator
Nishi Bassi
A gallery display with the phrase 'Pump It Up' in 80s-style font

2010

Socks: Between You and Your Shoes

Start Date
07 April 2010
End Date
01 April 2011
Venue
Bata Shoe Museum
Location
Toronto, Canada
Curator
Elizabeth Semmelhack

2020

The Great Divide: Footwear in the Age of Enlightenment

Start Date
12 August 2020
End Date
27 March 2023
Venue
Bata Shoe Museum
Location
Toronto, Canada
Curator
Elizabeth Semmelhack

2023

Obsessed: How Shoes Became Objects of Desire

Start Date
19 October 2022
End Date
24 April 2024
Venue
Bata Shoe Museum
Location
Toronto, Canada
Curator
Elizabeth Semmelhack

Awe & Alchemy

Start Date
15 September 2023
End Date
04 November 2023
Venue
The Market Place Theatre
Location
Armagh, Northern Ireland

2017

The Power of Plastics: Reshaping Midcentury Fashion

Start Date
29 August 2017
End Date
07 January 2017
Venue
The Esse Purse Museum
Location
Arkansas, USA

2016

The Art of Handbags

Start Date
16 August 2016
End Date
25 September 2016
Venue
The Esse Purse Museum
Location
Arkansas, USA
Curator
Kent Stetson

1987

New Fashion for the 80s

Start Date
16 May 1987
End Date
02 August 1987
Venue
National Gallery of Australia
Location
Kamberri/Canberra, Australia
Curator
Robyn Healy

2017

Judith Leiber: Crafting a New York Story

Start Date
04 April 2017
End Date
06 August 2017
Venue
Museum of Arts and Design
Location
New York
Curator
Samantha De Tillio

2003

Mart Visser: Haute Couture

Start Date
11 October 2003
End Date
01 February 2004
Venue
Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Location
Netherlands

2005

Hearwear

Start Date
26 July 2005
End Date
05 March 2006
Venue
V&A
Location
London, England
A gallery view showing two sections entitled '2012' and '2016' in large red lettering on black walls. In '2016', are three white mannequins and portrait photos.

2022

Bags: Inside Out

Start Date
23 December 2022
End Date
14 May 2023
Venue
ModeMuseum
Location
Hasselt, Belgium
Curator
Lucia Savi
A display of seven handbags, including one with fake french fries, sit against a black backdrop.

2020

DRESS.CODE.

Start Date
01 October 2020
End Date
09 May 2021
Venue
ModeMuseum
Location
Hasselt, Belgium
Linen halter bodice by Maison Martin Margiela, displayed on a tailor's dummy

2021

Head to Toe

Start Date
17 November 2021
End Date
08 May 2008
Venue
The Museum at FIT
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Elizabeth Way and Melissa Marra-Alvarez
Three mannequins displaying two dresses and a skirt and jacket stand alongside three shelves of hats, bags and shoes

2009

Swedish Fashion: Exploring a New Identity

Start Date
06 February 2009
End Date
17 May 2009
Venue
Fashion and Textile Museum
Location
London, England
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins on white pedestals

2015

Liberty in Fashion

Start Date
09 October 2015
End Date
28 February 2016
Venue
Fashion and Textile Museum
Location
London, UK
Curator
Dennis Nothdruft
A group of eight dresses displayed on mannequins and one coat on a tailor's dummy, all in contrasting Liberty prints

2018

Traditional Clothing Icons

Start Date
15 March 2018
End Date
03 June 2018
Venue
Museo Del Traje
Location
Madrid, Spain
Curator
Olivier Saillard / Helena López de Hierro
Curatorial team
Clothing: Concha Herranz, Jewelry: Maria Antonia Herradón, Photography: Concha García-Hoz
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2017

Cartier in Motion

Start Date
25 May 2017
End Date
28 July 2017
Venue
Design Museum
Location
London, U.K.
Curator
Lord Norman Foster
Gallery view of Cartier watches displayed in black-framed cases on a red carpeted floor

2021

Balenciaga. The Elegance of the Hat

Start Date
17 June 2021
End Date
03 October 2021
Venue
Museu del Disseny de Barcelona and Cristóbal Balenciaga Museoa
Location
Barcelona and Getaria, Spain
Curator
Igor Uría and Sílvia Ventosa
Exhibition display of hats in a section called 'Exuberance'

2019

The Gold Standard: Glittering Footwear from Around the Globe

Start Date
12 August 2019
End Date
19 December 2019
Venue
Bata Shoe Museum
Location
Toronto, Canada
Curator
Elizabeth Semmelhack

2017

Shading. Hats in the Surreal Key

Start Date
18 November 2017
End Date
10 December 2017
Venue
Museo Del Traje
Location
Madrid, Spain
Designer
Susana Loureda
hats mounted in a corridor

2021

Oceanista – Fashion & the Sea

Start Date
02 April 2021
End Date
29 August 2021
Venue
M/S Maritime Museum of Denmark
Location
Elsinore, Denmark
Curator
The Maritime Museum of Denmark in collaboration with fashion researcher Maria Mackinney-Valentin
Designer
Julian Juhlin
Exhibition with mannequins on a plinth among seaweed-like plants

2017

The Elegant Other: Cross-Cultural Encounters in Fashion and Art

Start Date
15 April 2017
End Date
25 June 2017
Venue
Yokohama Museum of Art
Location
Yokohama, Japan
headless mannequins displaying various ensembles

2016

Haute-à-Porter

Start Date
02 April 2016
End Date
11 September 2016
Venue
Modemuseum
Location
Hasselt, Belgium
Curator
Filep Motwary
Designer
Lien Wauters
Design:
Brusatto
Project coordinator:
Kenneth Ramaekers
exhibition mannequins

2018

Guo Pei: Couture Beyond

Start Date
07 September 2019
End Date
04 March 2018
Venue
SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Exhibition with two mannequins displaying Guo Pei garments.

2011

Fashion Accessories from Head to Toe

Start Date
29 January 2011
End Date
01 January 2013
Venue
Colonial Williamsburg
Location
Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
Curator
Linda Baumgarten

1974

For Heads and Toes

Start Date
13 November 1974
End Date
31 March 1975
Venue
Brooklyn Museum
Location
New York, USA
Curator

1987

Pearls Among the Gold: Russian Women’s Festive Dress

Start Date
25 February 1987
End Date
29 June 1987
Venue
Brooklyn Museum
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Elizabeth Ann Coleman
display of mannequins and textiles

2013

Jewels by JAR

Start Date
20 November 2013
End Date
09 March 2014
Venue
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Jane Adlin

1972

Hats Unlimited

Start Date
11 March 1972
End Date
09 April 1972
Venue
Brooklyn Museum
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Vitrine display of hats

2011

Traditional Jewellery and Dress From The Balkans

Start Date
01 January 2011
End Date
11 September 2011
Venue
British Museum
Location
London, UK

The Finishing Touch: Women’s Accessories 1830–1940

Start Date
27 May 2011
End Date
11 December 2011
Venue
Lady Lever Art Gallery
Location
Liverpool, UK
Designer
Val Evans Design
Exhibition display of hats in case

The Duchess of Cambridge’s Wedding Dress, Jewellery and Accessories

Start Date
23 July 2011
End Date
03 October 2011
Venue
Buckingham Palace
Location
London, UK
Exhibition display ofwhite wedding dress with long train

The Queen and The Painter, His Wife and Her Wedding Dress

Start Date
09 April 2011
End Date
03 October 2011
Venue
Aberdeen Art Gallery
Location
Aberdeen, UK

2019

PURSEonality: A Stylish Handbag History

Start Date
11 October 2019
End Date
30 October 2020
Venue
Moravian Museum of Bethlehem
Location
Pennsylvania, USA

2023

Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style

Start Date
01 February 2023
End Date
01 April 2023
Venue
The Museum at FIT
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Co-curated by Elena Romero and Elizabeth Way

2021

Cinquanta

Start Date
01 October 2021
End Date
10 October 2021
Venue
Darwen Market Basement
Location
Darwen, Lancashire

2018

Good as Gold: Fashioning Senegalese Women

Start Date
24 October 2018
End Date
02 February 2020
Venue
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art
Location
Washington, D.C., USA
Curator
Amanda M. Maples
Exhibition display of jewelry in case

2008

Sole Desire: The Shoes of Christian Louboutin

Start Date
13 March 2008
End Date
19 April 2008
Venue
The Museum at FIT
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Whitney A. Jones and Julie Ann Orsini
Designer
Alyssa Panetta and George W. Veale VI

2010

Scandal Sandals and Lady Slippers: A History of Delman Shoes

Start Date
09 March 2010
End Date
23 May 2025
Venue
The Museum at FIT
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Sarah Byrd and Laura Mina
Designer
Nicole Bloomfield with Julia Carlson (design assistant)

2016

(dis)ABLED BEAUTY: the evolution of beauty, disability, and ability

Start Date
29 July 2016
End Date
12 March 2017
Venue
Kent State University Museum
Location
Kent, USA
Curator
Tameka Ellington and Stacey Lim
Designer
Jim Williams
Exhibition display of mannequin in white stylised wheelchair

2014

In Fine Style: The Art of Tudor and Stuart Fashion

Start Date
28 February 2014
End Date
13 June 2014
Venue
The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyrood House
Location
Edinburgh, UK
Curator
Anna Reynolds

2020

Il Gioiello del Re Sole (The Jewel of the Sun King)

Start Date
10 September 2020
End Date
01 January 1970
Venue
Genus Bononiae
Location
Bologna, Italy

2008

Gioiello Italiano: Contemporary Jewellery from Italy between Art and Design (Touring)

Start Date
30 October 2008
End Date
11 January 2009
Venue
Fondazione Accorsi Ometto
Location
Turin, Italy
Curator
Alba Cappellieri

Gioiello Italiano: Contemporary Jewellery from Italy between Art and Design (Touring)

Start Date
10 July 2008
End Date
05 October 2008
Venue
Decorative Arts Museum (Kunstgewerbemuseum)
Location
Berlin, Germany

2009

Embellished: The Art of Fabulous Fabrics

Start Date
14 November 2009
End Date
23 May 2025
Venue
Harris Museum and Art Gallery
Location
Preston, UK
Curator
Mary Schoeser

2010

Elegance: Two Hundred Years of Dressing to Impress

Start Date
10 March 2010
End Date
31 October 2010
Venue
Killerton House
Location
Devon, UK

2009

Fashion Accessories Gallery

Start Date
19 September 2009
End Date
28 August 2010
Venue
Chertsey Museum
Location
Chertsey, UK

2018

Fans of the Eighteenth Century

Start Date
31 March 2018
End Date
07 July 2019
Venue
de Young Museum
Location
San Francisco, California, USA.

Pankha: A Collection of Hand Fans from the Indian Subcontinent and Beyond by Artist Shri Jatin Das

Start Date
26 May 2018
End Date
24 June 2018
Venue
Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts
Location
New Delhi, India

2021

Mary Quant: Fashion Revolutionary (touring)

Start Date
20 March 2021
End Date
11 July 2021
Venue
Bendigo Art Gallery
Location
Bendigo, Australia
Curator
Jenny Lister and Stephanie Wood (V&A)

2016

Jewels Inspired by Nature. ILGIZ F.

Start Date
01 April 2016
End Date
31 July 2016
Venue
Moscow Kremlin Museums
Location
Moscow, Russia

2014

India: Jewels that Enchanted the World

Start Date
12 April 2014
End Date
27 July 2014
Venue
Moscow Kremlin Museums
Location
Moscow, Russia

2010

Brides Revisited: An Exhibition of Wedding Gowns

Start Date
18 September 2010
End Date
27 August 2011
Venue
Chertsey Museum
Location
Surrey, UK

2014

An Adaptable Trade: The Jewellery Quarter at War 1914–1918

Start Date
14 June 2014
End Date
27 June 2015
Venue
Museum of the Jewellery Quarter
Location
Birmingham, UK
Exhibition display of jewellery in cases

2011

Minor. Silver + Gold

Start Date
01 September 2011
End Date
08 January 2012
Venue
The Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe
Location
Hamburg, Germany

2020

Good as Gold: Fashioning Senegalese Women (Touring)

Start Date
09 September 2020
End Date
03 January 2021
Venue
North Carolina Museum of Art
Location
North Carolina, USA
Curator
Amanda M. Maples
Exhibition display entrance with Good as Gold banner

2011

Accessorise: A Story of Superficial Splendour

Start Date
05 February 2011
End Date
08 June 2011
Venue
Elmbridge Museum
Location
Weybridge, Surrey, UK

2014

Elegance in an Age of Crisis: Fashions of the 1930s

Start Date
07 February 2014
End Date
19 April 2014
Venue
The Museum at FIT
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Patricia Mears and G. Bruce Boyer
Exhibition display of mannequins in swimming costumes

2013

The Cheapside Hoard: London’s Lost Jewels

Start Date
13 October 2013
End Date
27 April 2014
Venue
Museum of London
Location
London, UK
Curator
Ben Kelly
Exhibition display of cabinets containing jewels

2020

Fashioned from Nature (touring)

Start Date
01 December 2020
End Date
01 June 2021
Venue
China Silk Museum
Location
Hangzhou, China
Curator
Edwina Ehrmann
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

Fringes, Fur and Feathers

Start Date
01 January 1970
End Date
01 January 1970
Venue
Beck Isle Museum
Location
Pickering, North Yorkshire, UK

2011

Sadler and the Shawls

Start Date
13 September 2011
End Date
30 March 2012
Venue
International Textile Archive, Leeds University
Location
Leeds, UK

2019

Accents of Style

Start Date
15 November 2019
End Date
02 February 2020
Venue
Armani Silos
Location
Milan, Italy
Curator
Gorgio Armani

2014

Collectie 02(5): 25 Years Modemuseum Hasselt

Start Date
01 March 2014
End Date
14 September 2014
Venue
Modemuseum
Location
Hasselt, Belgium
Curator
Kenneth Ramaekers
Designer
Lien Wauters
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2015

For Richer For Poorer: Weddings Unveiled

Start Date
13 February 2015
End Date
31 May 2015
Venue
Jewish Museum
Location
London, UK

2020

The Roaring Twenties: Fashions of the Jazz Age

Start Date
25 July 2020
End Date
04 September 2021
Venue
Chertsey Museum
Location
Chertsey, UK

2009

Fashion & Politics

Start Date
07 July 2009
End Date
07 November 2009
Venue
The Museum at FIT
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Melissa Marra and Jennifer Farley
Associate curators
Colleen Hill, Harumi Hotta, and Lynn Weidner
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2018

For the Birds

Start Date
13 April 2018
End Date
03 February 2019
Venue
Kent State University Museum
Location
Kent, USA

2017

Shoes: Pleasure and Pain (touring)

Start Date
11 April 2017
End Date
13 August 2017
Venue
SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film
Location
Atlanta, USA
Curator
Helen Persson, with Alexandra Sachs and Rafael Gomes
Exhibition display of footwear

2018

Dressed to Impress

Start Date
05 September 2018
End Date
01 February 2021
Venue
Walker Art Gallery
Location
Liverpool, UK
Curator
Pauline Rushton

2013

Painted Pomp: Art and Fashion in the Age of Shakespeare

Start Date
26 January 2013
End Date
06 May 2013
Venue
Holburne Museum
Location
Bath, UK

2016

Fashions of Southern Africa

Start Date
26 August 2016
End Date
02 July 2017
Venue
Kent State University Museum
Location
Kent, USA
Curator
Sara Hume
Designer
Jim Williams
Curatorial work and co-ordination:
Allana Finley in South Africa and Lynette Diergaardt in Namibia.