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2016

Barockissimo ! Les Arts Florissants en scène
(Barockissimo! Les Arts Florissants on stage)

Start Date
09 April 2016
End Date
18 September 2016
Venue
Centre National du Costume de Scene
Location
Moulins, France
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2014

En Piste ! Les Plus Beaux Costumes De Cirque (On track! The Most Beautiful Circus Costumes)

Start Date
15 June 2014
End Date
05 January 2014
Venue
Centre National du Costume de Scene
Location
Moulins, France
Curator
Joelle Garcia and Delphine Pinasa
Designer
Delphine Lebovici
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins in circus outfits, one suspended upside down with shadows in the background

2022

Leigh Bowery – Tell Them I’ve Gone to Papua New Guinea

Start Date
07 January 2022
End Date
06 February 2022
Venue
Fitzrovia Chapel
Location
London, UK
Curator
Hannah Watson with Nicola Bowery Bateman and the Estate of Leigh Bowery
Designer
David "Biscuit' Beschizza, Charlotte Mann, Riccardo Pillon
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins of Leigh Bowery

2007

Yves Saint Laurent: Théatre, Cinéma, Music–hall, Ballet

Start Date
04 October 2007
End Date
27 January 2008
Venue
Fondation Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent
Location
Paris, France
Curator
Yves Saint Laurent
Designer
Christophe Martin
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2020

Made It: The Women Who Revolutionized Fashion

Start Date
21 November 2020
End Date
14 March 2020
Venue
Peabody Essex Museum
Location
Salem, MA, USA
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2019

Silver Screen to Mainstream: American Fashion in the 1930s & ’40s

Start Date
08 April 2019
End Date
21 January 2020
Venue
Chicago History Museum
Location
Chicago, USA
Curator
Virginia Heaven

2021

Noël Coward: Art and Style

Start Date
14 June 2021
End Date
23 December 2021
Venue
Guildhall Art Gallery
Location
London, UK
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2013

The Ideal Shoe

Start Date
27 March 2010
End Date
13 June 2010
Venue
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
Location
Northampton, UK

2005

Making Fancy: Materials and Methods in Pennsylvania German Fraktur

Start Date
10 September 2005
End Date
08 January 2006
Venue
Winterthur Museum
Location
Winterthur, Delaware, USA

2015

The Dark Knight Rises

Start Date
18 August 2015
End Date
20 September 2015
Venue
Brighton Museum and Art Gallery
Location
Brighton, UK

2006

Fashion in Film: Period Costumes for the Screen

Start Date
30 September 2006
End Date
07 January 2007
Venue
Winterthur Museum
Location
Winterthur, Delaware, USA

2010

Fashionably Curious

Start Date
24 April 2010
End Date
13 June 2010
Venue
Linley Sambourne House
Location
London, UK
Curator
Fashion History and Theory pathway of BA (Hons) Fashion at Central Saint Martins

Japan Fashion Now

Start Date
17 September 2010
End Date
08 January 2011
Venue
The Museum at FIT
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Valerie Steele and Patricia Mears
Designer
Charles B. Froom
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins with an urban backdrop

2011

ARRRGH! Monsters in Fashion

Start Date
15 May 2011
End Date
31 July 2011
Venue
Benaki Museum
Location
Athens, Greece
Curator
Vassilis Zidianakis
Designer
Stamos Fafalios
Exhibition display of mannequins dressed as monsters

2016

From the Imperial Theater: Chinese Opera Costumes of the 18th and 19th Centuries

Start Date
25 June 2016
End Date
09 October 2017
Venue
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Pengliang Lu and Denise Patry Leidy
garments displayed in glass vitrines

2019

Fashioning Art from Paper

Start Date
22 October 2019
End Date
12 January 2020
Venue
SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Curator
Alexandra Sachs
Exhibition with a decorative wall and a plinth holding four mannequins displaying paper garments

Fantastical Threads: Costumes at The Rooms

Start Date
01 October 2019
End Date
04 November 2019
Venue
The Rooms
Location
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Exhibition display of costume on mannequin

1974

For Heads and Toes

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

1981

Kostuumshow van 19de eeuwse zomerjurken (Costume show of 19th century summer dresses)

Start Date
23 June 1981
End Date
11 December 2025
Venue
Centraal Museum
Location
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Curator
Marian Conrads

2010

Titanic: Dressing for Three Classes

Start Date
01 October 2010
End Date
31 January 2011
Venue
Waterloo Region Children's Museum
Location
Ontario, Canada
Curator
Fashion History Museum

2007

New Threads: Quilts and Costumes

Start Date
09 November 2007
End Date
01 March 2008
Venue
DAR Museum
Location
Washington D.C., USA
Curator
Alden O’Brien

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

1986

An American Eye for Style

Start Date
01 December 1986
End Date
29 June 1987
Venue
Brooklyn Museum
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Costumes and Textiles department
single mannequin in an ensemble

1988

East & West: Kashmir & Paisley Shawls

Start Date
22 January 1988
End Date
17 June 1988
Venue
Brooklyn Museum
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Elizabeth Ann Coleman

1974

Ecclesiastical Vestments

Start Date
04 December 1974
End Date
26 January 1975
Venue
Brooklyn Museum
Location
New York, USA

2005

En Vogue! 18th-century fashions from France and the Netherlands

Start Date
01 September 2025
End Date
04 December 2005
Venue
Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Location
Netherlands

2003

Fashion on Stage

Start Date
17 April 2003
End Date
21 September 2003
Venue
Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Location
Netherlands

2017

Modes ! À la ville, à la scène
(Modes! To the city, to the stage)

Start Date
08 April 2017
End Date
17 September 2017
Venue
Centre National du Costume de Scene
Location
Moulins, France
Curator
Catherine Join-dieterle and Sylvie Richoux
Designer
Alain Batifoulier and Simon De Tovar

2021

House of Gucci

Start Date
23 November 2021
End Date
04 December 2021
Venue
FIDM Museum
Location
Los Angeles, USA
Curator
Kevin Jones
A veiled white wedding dress stands on a red circular plinth in the middle of the gallery. In the background are 1970s-styled suits and dresses, all worn on white mannequins, on plinths and in front of red walls.

2008

Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination

Start Date
04 December 2008
End Date
26 April 2009
Venue
Powerhouse Museum
Location
Sydney, Australia
A display case shows costumes from Star Wars, including a white billowing gown (worn by Princess Leia), C3PO and R2-D2

2004

Beirut to Baghdad: Communities, Collecting and Culture

Start Date
17 June 2004
End Date
20 February 2005
Venue
Powerhouse Museum
Location
Sydney, Australia

2015

Jacqueline de Ribes: the Art of Style

Start Date
19 November 2015
End Date
21 February 2016
Venue
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Harold Koda
12 dresses, ranging from blue, pink and orange and grouped into pairs, are worn on expressive mannequins on a brushed metal floor and wall.

2023

Making Mischief: Folk Costume in Britain

Start Date
11 February 2023
End Date
11 June 2023
Venue
Compton Verney Museum and Art Gallery
Location
Compton Verney, Warwickshire, UK
Curator
Simon Costin, Amy de la Haye and Mellany Robinson
Designer
Simon Costin, Museum of British Folklore
A partnership with Museum of British Folklore, the Centre for Fashion Curation at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London and Compton Verney.
Made possible by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Mannequins dressed embellished horse collar and hat from the Boy's Ploughing Match and The Festival of the Horse costume from the Orkney Islands

Fashion Folklore

Start Date
12 July 2023
End Date
08 January 2024
Venue
Mucem
Location
Marseille, France
Curator
Marie-Charlotte Calafat and Aurélie Samuel
Designer
Agence NC, Nathalie Criniere
Graphics
Tania Haguemeister

2021

The Princesses’ Pantomimes

Start Date
25 November 2021
End Date
31 January 2022
Venue
Windsor Castle
Location
London, U.K.

2015

Golden Threads of Bethlehem

Start Date
26 January 2015
End Date
28 March 2015
Venue
Tiraz Centre
Location
Amman, Jordan

Orry-Kelly: Dressing Hollywood

Start Date
18 August 2015
End Date
17 January 2016
Venue
ACMI
Location
Melbourne, Australia

2021

Fashion’s Subversives

Start Date
05 June 2021
End Date
28 November 2021
Venue
Phoenix Art Museum
Location
Phoenix, USA
2 images of exhibition with mannequins on a plinth displaying black short garment and green jacket draped over shoulder. Tattoos on legs

2008

Au Fil Des Fleurs, Scènes De Jardins
(Over the Flowers, Garden Scenes)

Start Date
06 December 2008
End Date
19 April 2009
Venue
Centre National du Costume de Scene
Location
Moulins, France
Curator
Delphine Pinasa
Designer
Bernard Connan
Exhibition Display of Mannequins

2018

Twinning Carnivals (Hermanando Carnavales)

Start Date
06 February 2018
End Date
15 April 2018
Venue
Costume History Museum
Location
Chile

2017

Artisans De La Scène: La Fabrique Du Costume (Stage Craftsmen: The Costume Factory)

Start Date
14 October 2017
End Date
11 March 2018
Venue
Centre National du Costume de Scene
Location
Moulins, France
Curator
Delphine Pinasa
Designer
Delphine Lebovici

2011

The Unusual: Shapes and Materials of the Stage Costume

Start Date
29 January 2011
End Date
15 May 2011
Venue
Centre National du Costume et de la Scène
Location
Moulins, France
Curator
Noëlle Giret
Designer
Alain Batifoulier and Simon de Tovar

2008

Une Mille et Une Nuits (A Thousand and One Nights)

Start Date
17 May 2008
End Date
11 November 2008
Venue
Centre National du Costume et de la Scène
Location
Moulins, France

2019

Comédies Musicales, Les Costumes Font Leur Show! (Musicals, Costumes Make Their Show!)

Start Date
01 December 2019
End Date
28 April 2019
Venue
Centre National du Costume de Scene
Location
Moulins, France
Curator
Delphine Pinasa
Designer
Philippine Ordinaire and Olivier Coquet
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2022

Molière in costume

Start Date
26 May 2022
End Date
06 November 2022
Venue
Centre National du Costume et de la Scène
Location
Moulins, France
Curator
Veronique Meunier-Delissnyder
Designer
Ordinary Filipino

2020

Dance Tailors

Start Date
01 February 2020
End Date
01 November 2020
Venue
Centre National du Costume et de la Scène
Location
Moulins, France
Curator
Philippe Hazelnut
Designer
Marco Mencacci

2019

Dressing the Opera, Costumes and workshops of the Paris Opera

Start Date
25 May 2019
End Date
03 November 2019
Venue
Centre National du Costume et de la Scène
Location
Moulins, France
Curator
Martine Kahane and Delphine Pinasa
Designer
Alain Batifoulier and Simon de Tovar

2015

Angelin Preljocaj, dance costumes

Start Date
03 October 2015
End Date
06 March 2016
Venue
Centre National du Costume et de la Scène
Location
Moulins, France
Curator
Angelin Preljocajm Delphine Pinasa and Constance Guisset

1986

Diaghilev’s Designers: the Second Generation

Start Date
15 November 1986
End Date
14 June 1987
Venue
National Gallery of Australia
Location
Kamberri/Canberra, Australia

2022

Garmenting: Costume as Contemporary Art

Start Date
12 March 2022
End Date
14 August 2022
Venue
Museum of Arts and Design
Location
New York, U.S.A
Curator
Alexandra Schwartz
Six embroidered nightgowns and a pair of garters are hung near a white wall, creating shadows against the background.

2003

Flaunt: Art/Fashion/Culture

Start Date
03 October 2003
End Date
07 February 2004
Venue
Auckland Art Gallery
Location
Auckland, New Zealand
Curator
Mary Kisler, Jane Davidson, and Laura Jocic
18th century gown on display in front of a painting

1999

Dress Rehearsal and The Wig Room

Start Date
06 March 1999
End Date
25 April 1999
Venue
Bendigo Art Gallery
Location
Bendigo, Australia
Curator
Laura Jocic

2015

Winter Warmers

Start Date
10 January 2015
End Date
16 May 2015
Venue
Beecroft Art Gallery
Location
Southend on Sea, Essex, UK
Curator
Ciara Phipps
A 'family' of male and female mannequins. (Left) a full length black and brown coat, a female white coat with white hat, brown fur coat full length and (right) a child's red leather look coat.

2016

Louis Kahan: Art, Theatre, Fashion

Start Date
27 August 2016
End Date
23 October 2016
Venue
Town Hall Gallery
Location
Hawthorn, Melbourne
Curator
Laura Jocic
A vitrine of theatre masks and photographs of costume.

2024

The Future & Other Fictions

Start Date
28 November 2024
End Date
27 April 2025
Venue
ACMI
Location
Melbourne, Australia
Curator
Amanda Haskard (Gunai/Kurnai), Chelsey O'Brien and Film Director and Futurist Liam Young
white feathered dress on mannequin trailing floor

2017

Construction: Clothing, Image, Persona

Start Date
11 November 2017
End Date
10 November 2018
Venue
Beecroft Art Gallery
Location
Southend on Sea, Essex, UK
Curator
Ciara Phipps
Mannequin wearing an electric blue dress in the centre alongside a mannequin wearing a full length black suit and the other mannequin wearing a grey two-piece.

2015

Black Tie

Start Date
09 October 2015
End Date
12 March 2016
Venue
Beecroft Art Gallery
Location
Southend on Sea, Essex, UK
Curator
Ciara Phipps
A vitrine displaying clothing pink and blue gloves, a black sequined T-shirt and other accessories.

2004

Goddess

Start Date
08 May 2004
End Date
22 August 2004
Venue
MoMu
Location
Antwerp, Belgium
Curator
Harold Koda
Designer
Bob Verhelst
Exhibition display of feminine dress

2024

Taylor Swift: Songbook Trail

Start Date
27 July 2024
End Date
08 September 2024
Venue
V&A
Location
London, UK
Curator
Kate Bailey
A white full length dress displayed in a vitrine alongside a guitar and book.

Divergence/Convergence

Start Date
30 October 2024
End Date
20 December 2024
Venue
Parodi Costume Collection
Location
Miami, USA
Curator
Angel Sanchez and Francisca Parodi

2007

Fashion in Film: Period Costumes for the Screen

Start Date
12 May 2007
End Date
30 September 2007
Venue
The Paine Art Center and Gardens
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA

2025

Marie Antoinette Style

Start Date
20 September 2025
End Date
22 March 2026
Venue
V&A
Location
London, UK
Curator
Sarah Grant
exhibition view of multiple mannequins in 18th century dresses in various colours

Costume Couture: Sixty Years of Cosprop

Start Date
26 September 2025
End Date
08 March 2025
Venue
Fashion and Textile Museum
Location
London, UK
Curator
John Bright and Keith Lodwick

2024

Marilyn

Start Date
18 October 2024
End Date
01 June 2025
Venue
London Bridge Arches
Location
London

2025

In Praise of Ma: Emptiness and the Space Within

Start Date
01 December 2025
End Date
01 May 2026
Venue
Parodi Costume Collection
Location
Miami, USA
Curator
Annie Dellepiane and Francisca Parodi
Exhibition view of red dresses on mannequins joined by gold cord

Titanic & Fashion – The Last Dance

Start Date
27 September 2025
End Date
25 January 2026
Venue
Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Location
The Hague, Netherlands

2016

Magical Design for Mozart’s Magic Flute

Start Date
29 September 2016
End Date
08 January 2017
Venue
Kent State University Museum
Location
Kent, USA
Curator
Judy Levin
Designer
Caitlin Whittington
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

Star Wars and the Power of Costume (Touring)

Start Date
13 November 2016
End Date
09 April 2017
Venue
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
Location
Denver, USA
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2018

Star Wars and the Power of Costume (Touring)

Start Date
20 May 2018
End Date
30 September 2018
Venue
Detroit Institute of Arts
Location
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2014

Trench Coat: From Field to Fashion

Start Date
04 October 2014
End Date
21 December 2014
Venue
Winchester Discovery Centre
Location
Winchester, UK
Exhibition display of dressed mannequin, text and imagery