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2016

Making and Unmaking

Start Date 09 June 2016
End Date 18 September 2016
Venue Camden Arts Centre
Location London, UK
Curator Duro Olowu 

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, and NJ Stevenson
A collection of mannequins wearing vibrant colours and patterns, in hues of purple, pink, yellow and blue.

2023

DIVA

Start Date 24 June 2023
End Date 07 April 2024
Venue V&A Museum
Location London, UK
Curator Kate Bailey

Material Power: Palestinian Embroidery

Start Date 08 July 2023
End Date 29 October 2023
Venue Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge
Location Cambridge, UK
Curator Rachel Dedman

Mood of the moment: Gaby Aghion and the house of Chloé

Start Date 13 October 2023
End Date 18 February 2024
Venue The Jewish Museum
Location New York, USA
Curator Choghakate Kazarian and Kristina Parsons
Designer Elliot Barnes

Women Dressing Women

Start Date 07 December 2023
End Date 03 March 2024
Venue Metropolitan Museum of Art
Location New York, USA
Curator Karen Van Godtsenhoven and Mellissa Huber

2024

Untying the Bow

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

2003

Woman by Vivienne Westwood, Christian Dior Couture, Maison Martin Margiela, Junya Watanabe, Ann Demeulemeester, Veronique Leroy, Bernard Willhelm, Viktor & Rolf, Hussein Chalayan

Start Date 31 January 2003
End Date 18 May 2003
Venue Centraal Museum
Location Utrecht, The Netherlands

2023

The Dress Makes the Man, Haute Couture – A New Era

Start Date 13 October 2023
End Date 11 February 2024
Venue Liljevalchs+
Location Stockholm, Sweden
Curator Susanna Strömquist
Designer Robin Grann
Three rows of dresses are displayed in a gallery.

2015

Ya Hafeth Ya Ameen

Start Date 18 November 2015
End Date 28 February 2017
Venue Tiraz Centre
Location Amman, Jordan

2017

Woven: the Art of Traditional Weavings in Jordan

Start Date 28 November 2017
End Date 06 April 2018
Venue Tiraz Centre
Location Amman, Jordan

2021

Syrian Glory: Costume Exhibition in Honour of a Nation

Start Date 01 January 2021
End Date 31 August 2023
Venue Tiraz Centre
Location Amman, Jordan

2023

Goddess: Power, Glamour, Rebellion

Start Date 05 April 2023
End Date 01 October 2023
Venue ACMI
Location Melbourne, Australia
Curator Bethan Johnson
View of a pink gallery with three mannequins wearing pink outfits. In the background are close-up projections of Marilyn Monroe, Winnie Harlow and Rihanna.

2017

Yves Saint Laurent, the Perfection of Style

Start Date 06 May 2017
End Date 27 August 2017
Venue Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Location Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A
Curator Florence Müller and Chiyo Ishikawa
Designer Nathalie Crinière, agence NC

2016

Fashion and Freedom

Start Date 13 May 2016
End Date 27 November 2016
Venue Manchester Art Gallery
Location Manchester, U.K.
Creative Director Darrell Vydelingum
Co-commissioned by 14-18 NOW and Manrchester Art Gallery
Supported by British Fashion Council
Installation image of design by Vivienne Westwood.

2018

Femmes Fatales: Strong Women In Fashion

Start Date 17 November 2018
End Date 24 March 2019
Venue Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Location Netherlands
Curator Madelief Hohé
Graphic Design ARK
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2010

His & Hers

Start Date 30 November 2010
End Date 10 May 2011
Venue Museum at FIT
Location New York City, U.S.A
Curator Jennifer Farley and Colleen Hill
Designer Fred Dennis and Ann Coppinger

2009

Undercover: The Evolution of Underwear

Start Date 12 June 2009
End Date 27 September 2009
Venue Fashion and Textile Museum
Location London, England
Exhibition display of mannequins in underwear

2022

Fashioning Masculinities: the Art of Menswear

Start Date 19 March 2022
End Date 06 November 2022
Venue V&A
Location London
Curator Claire Wilcox and Rosalind McKever
Designer Jayden Ali
Installation view of Fashioning Masculinities Exhibition at V&A Museum, London

1993

Ruth Scheuing: Anatomy of the Suit/Geometry of the Body

Start Date 05 August 1993
End Date 05 September 1993
Venue Textile Museum of Canada
Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Exhibition with three deconstructed suit jackets displayed on the wall.

2019

French Fashion, Women, and the First World War

Start Date 05 September 2019
End Date 05 January 2020
Venue Bard Graduate Center Gallery
Location New York, USA
Curator Maude Bass-Krueger and Sophie Kurkdjian
Exhibition with plinth surrounded by glass with three mannequins displaying garments and two open books.

2012

Fashioning the New Woman: 1890-1925

Start Date 05 October 2012
End Date 31 August 2013
Venue DAR Museum
Location Washington D.C., USA
Curator Alden O’Brien
Exhibition with exhibition title on the wall and two mannequins displaying garments.

2018

Queer Looks

Start Date 30 June 2018
End Date 25 August 2019
Venue Brighton Museum and Art Gallery
Location Brighton, UK
Curator Martin Pel
exhibition display of 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

2012

Grace Kelly: Style Icon (Touring)

Start Date 11 March 2012
End Date 17 June 2012
Venue Bendigo Art Gallery
Location Bendigo, Australia
Curator Jenny Lister
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins and images

2018

LOL by La Cambre Mode[s]

Start Date 23 June 2018
End Date 30 September 2018
Venue Musée Mode & Dentelle
Formerly Musée du Costume et de la dentelle
Exhibition display of clothes hanging on a rail

2015

Transformation: one man’s cross-dressing wardrobe

Start Date 25 October 2015
End Date 01 February 2017
Venue Walker Art Gallery
Location Liverpool, UK
Curator Pauline Rushton
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

Fully Fashioned: The Pringle of Scotland Story

Start Date 10 April 2015
End Date 16 August 2015
Venue National Museum of Scotland
Location Edinburgh, UK
Curator Georgina Ripley

2011

Little Black Dress

Start Date 10 December 2011
End Date 26 February 2012
Venue Tullie House Museum
Location Carlisle, UK
Curator Pollyanna Clayton Stamm
Assistant Curator David Sinclair

2014

Women Fashion Power

Start Date 29 October 2014
End Date 26 April 2015
Venue The Design Museum
Location London, UK
Curator Colin McDowell and Donna Loveday
Designer Zaha Hadid
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2019

Gender Bending Fashion

Start Date 21 March 2019
End Date 25 August 2019
Venue Museum of Fine Arts
Location Boston, USA
Curator Michelle Tolini Fillamore
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2013

From Philadelphia to Monaco: Grace Kelly, Beyond the Icon

Start Date 06 June 2013
End Date 06 October 2013
Venue McCord Museum of National History
Location Montreal, Canada
Curator Cynthia Cooper

2018

Beyond the Suit: Contemporary Menswear from the Collection of Alexandre Marr and Dominic Iudiciani

Start Date 27 July 2018
End Date 20 June 2019
Venue Kent State University Museum
Location Kent, USA
Curator Dominic Iudiciani
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2014

Wedding Dresses 1775–2014

Start Date 03 May 2014
End Date 15 May 2015
Venue V&A
Location London, UK
Curator Keira Miller
Exhibition display of dressed mannequin in wedding attire

2016

Undressed:
A brief history of underwear (Touring)

Start Date 16 April 2016
End Date 12 March 2017
Venue V&A
Location London, UK
Curator Edwina Ehrmann
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2020

Ballerina:
Fashion’s Modern Muse

Start Date 11 February 2020
End Date 18 April 2020
Venue The Museum at FIT
Location New York, USA
Curator Patricia Mears
Designer Kimberly Ackert, Ackert Architecture
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins in ballerina clothing

2013

Cheongsam: Points

Start Date February 2013
End Date March 2013
Venue China National Silk Museum
Location Hangzhou, China
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2015

Worn: Shaping Black Feminine Identity

Start Date 31 January 2015
End Date 01 November 2015
Venue Royal Ontario Museum
Location Toronto, Canada
Curator Arlene Gehmacher
Exhibition display of mourning dress on a single mannequin

2020

Body Beautiful: Diversity on the Catwalk (Touring)

Start Date 08 February 2020
End Date 09 August 2020
Venue Textil Museet
Location Boras, Sweden
Curator Georgina Ripley, National Museum of Scotland
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2019

Body Beautiful: Diversity on the Catwalk (Touring)

Start Date 23 May 2019
End Date 13 October 2019
Venue National Museum of Scotland
Location Edinburgh, UK
Curator Georgina Ripley
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins with large artwork in background

2014

Recollect Shoes

Start Date 29 November 2014
End Date 09 July 2015
Venue Powerhouse Museum
Location Sydney, Australia
Curator Melanie Pitkin
Exhibition display of shoes

2015

Recollect Underwear

Start Date 28 March 2015
End Date 19 July 2015
Venue Powerhouse Museum
Location Sydney, Australia
Curator Glynis Jones
Designer Katherine Bond

2018

Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear 1715-2015 (Touring)

Start Date 02 May 2018
End Date 14 October 2018
Venue Powerhouse Museum
Location Sydney, Australia
Curator Organised by Sharon S. Takeda, Kaye D. Spilker, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Designer Alison Ross
Graphic designer: Filip Bartkowiak
Presented by MAAS Centre for Fashion
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

Australian Men’s Style

Start Date 02 May 2018
End Date 14 October 2018
Venue Powerhouse Museum
Location Sydney, Australia
Curator Roger Leong
Designer Alison Ross
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2017

Faith, Fashion, Fusion: Muslim Women’s Style in Australia (Touring)

Start Date 03 November 2017
End Date 28 January 2018
Venue Islamic Arts Museum
Location Sydney, Australia
Curator Glynis Jones and Melanie Pitkin
Designer Carola Salazar (Five Spaces Design)
Exhibition display of dress and images

2012

Faith, Fashion, Fusion: Muslim Women’s Style in Australia (Touring)

Start Date 05 May 2012
End Date 14 July 2013
Venue Powerhouse Museum
Location Sydney, Australia
Curator Glynis Jones and Melanie Pitkin
Designer Fiona Blades
Exhibition display of dress and images

2009

Night & Day

Start Date 03 December 2009
End Date 11 May 2010
Venue The Museum at FIT
Location New York, USA
Curator Molly Sorkin

2013

RetroSpective

Start Date 22 May 2013
End Date 16 November 2013
Venue The Museum at FIT
Location New York, USA
Curator Jennifer Farley
Textiles by Lynn Weidner and accessories by Colleen Hill

Boots: The Height of Fashion

Start Date 05 March 2013
End Date 06 April 2013
Venue The Museum at FIT
Location New York, USA
Curator Fashion and Textile Studies M.A. students at FIT's School of Graduate Studies with The Museum at FIT

2017

Pink: the History of a Punk, Pretty, Powerful Color

Start Date 07 September 2017
End Date 05 January 2018
Venue The Museum at FIT
Location New York, USA
Curator Valerie Steele
Designer Kimberly Ackert, Ackert Architecture
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2013

A Queer History of Fashion: From the Closet to the Catwalk

Start Date 13 September 2013
End Date 04 January 2014
Venue The Museum at FIT
Location New York, USA
Curator Fred Dennis and Valerie Steele
Designer Joel Sanders
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2017

Love Is…Australian Wedding Fashion

Start Date 13 May 2017
End Date 20 May 2018
Venue Powerhouse Museum
Location Sydney, Australia
Curator Glynis Jones
Designer Katherine Bond
Exhibition display of mannequins in wedding attire

2019

Invisible Men: An Anthology from the Westminster Menswear Archive

Start Date 25 October 2019
End Date 24 November 2019
Venue London Gallery West, Westminster Menswear Archive
Location London, UK
Curator ANDREW GROVES, DANIELLE SPRECHER
Designer ANDREW GROVES
Exhibition display of kagools

2016

The Vanishing Art of Camouflage

Start Date 21 October 2016
End Date 20 November 2016
Venue London Gallery West, Westminster Menswear Archive
Location London, UK
Curator ANDREW GROVES, ROBERT LEACH
Designer ANDREW GROVES
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2017

Museum of Transology (touring)

Start Date 20 July 2017
End Date 05 January 2020
Venue Brighton Museum and Art Gallery
Location Brighton, UK
Curator E.J. Scott
Designer Patrick Bullock
Exhibition display of garments hanging in display case

2008

Little Black Dress

Start Date 01 January 2008
End Date 01 June 2008
Venue Brighton Museum
Location Brighton, UK
Curator Andrew Fionda

2017

Undressed:
A brief history of underwear (Touring)

Start Date 29 April 2017
End Date 30 July 2017
Venue Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art
Location St. Petersburg, Russia
Curator Edwina Ehrmann

1999

Steeled for Style: Hoop Skirts of the Civil War Era

Start Date 01 May 1999
End Date 14 May 2000
Venue Philadelphia Museum of Art
Location Philadelphia, USA
Curator Kristina Haugland

2003

Shocking! The Art and Fashion of Elsa Schiaparelli

Start Date 28 September 2003
End Date 4 January 2004
Venue Philadelphia Museum of Art
Location Philadelphia, USA
Curator Dilys Blum

Ladies’ Choice: American Women’s Fashion 1950–1965

Start Date 06 June 2003
End Date 16 May 2004
Venue Philadelphia Museum of Art
Location Philadelphia, USA
Curator Kristina Haugland

2005

Fashion’s Favourites: From Rococo to Romantic

Start Date 23 April 2005
End Date 18 June 2006
Venue Philadelphia Museum of Art
Location Philadelphia, USA
Curator Kristina Haugland

2018

Design Views Vol. X. Buki Akomolafe. Fi Ak Fale _ Here and There

Start Date 31 October 2018
End Date 21 November 2018
Venue Decorative Arts Museum (Kunstgewerbemuseum)
Location Berlin, Germany

2019

International Fashion Showcase 2019

Start Date 11 February 2019
End Date 24 February 2019
Venue Somerset House
Location London, England
Exhibition display of garments suspended in the air

2020

Women in Streetwear

Start Date 01 March 2020
End Date 30 April 2020
Venue Port Authority Bus Terminal
Location New York, USA
Curator April Walker
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins and text panel in a transport hub

1991

Perfect Little Ladies: Fashion Dolls and the Art of Dress

Start Date 24 August 1991
End Date 26 January 1992
Venue Philadelphia Museum of Art
Location Philadelphia, USA
Curator Kristina Haugland

1980

Children’s Clothing: 1760-1980

Start Date 08 November 1980
End Date 05 April 1981
Venue Philadelphia Museum of Art
Location Philadelphia, USA
Curator Judith Straeten 

2017

Jazz Age: Fashion & Photographs

Start Date 09 December 2017
End Date 28 May 2018
Venue Textiel Museum
Location Tilburg, Netherlands
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

Gluck: Art and Identity

Start Date 18 November 2017
End Date 11 March 2018
Venue Brighton Museum and Art Gallery
Location Brighton, UK
Curator Amy de la Haye, Martin Pel, Jeff Horsley
Exhibition display of dressed mannequin with 3d printed head in front of a rail of garments

Maja Gunn: Play

Start Date 11 November 2017
End Date 22 April 2018
Venue Textil Museet
Location Boras, Sweden

1996

A Passion for Paisley: Indian and European Shawls

Start Date 03 September 1996
End Date 19 January 1997
Venue Philadelphia Museum of Art
Location Philadelphia, USA
Curator Dilys E. Blum and Arlene Cooper   

2018

Branded. Fashion, Femininity and the Right to Vote

Start Date 12 February 2018
End Date 04 November 2018
Venue Killerton House National Trust
Location Exeter, Devon, UK
Curator Shelley Tobin
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2017

Transformation: one man’s cross-dressing wardrobe (at Sudley)

Start Date 30 March 2017
End Date 01 March 2018
Venue Sudley House
Location Liverpool, UK
Curator Pauline Rushton
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins in front of portait and exhibition banner

Disobedient Bodies

Start Date 18 March 2017
End Date 18 July 2017
Venue The Hepworth Wakefield
Location Wakefield, UK
Curator J.W. Anderson
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins and artworks

2018

A Queen Within – Adorned Archetypes (Touring)

Start Date 21 February 2018
End Date 28 May 2018
Venue New Orleans Museum of Art
Location New Orleans, USA
Curator Sofia Hedman and Serge Martynov
Designer Sofia Hedman and Serge Martynov
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins in spray of flowers

2019

A Queen Within – Adorned Archetypes (Touring)

Start Date 11 May 2019
End Date 02 September 2019
Venue Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP)
Location Seattle, USA
Curator Sofia Hedman and Serge Martynov of MUSEEA
Designer Sofia Hedman and Serge Martynov of MUSEEA
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins with distorted aspect ratio

2017

Travaux de Dames? (Ladies Work)

Start Date 08 March 2017
End Date 17 September 2017
Venue Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Location Paris, France
Curator Raphaèle Billé, Karine Lacquemant
Graphic Design Maroussia Jannelle

2016

Women who change the world

Start Date 05 February 2016
End Date 27 March 2016
Venue Museo Del Traje
Location Madrid, Spain
Curator Juan Gutiérrez and Rodrigo de la Fuente

2017

Museum of Transology

Start Date 20 January 2017
End Date 22 April 2017
Venue Fashion Space Gallery
Location London, UK
Curator E.J. Scott
Designer Patrick Bullock
Commissioned by Ligaya Salazar
Graphic Designer Zed Gregory, TheyThem Studio
Exhibition display of clothing, furniture and tv screens

2016

Barbie

Start Date 10 March 2016
End Date 18 September 2016
Venue Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Location Paris, France
Curator Anne Monier
Designer Nathalie Crinière
Exhibition display of dolls on curved runway

Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear 1715-2015 (Touring)

Start Date 10 April 2016
End Date 21 August 2016
Venue Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art (LACMA)
Location Los Angeles, USA
Curator Sharon S. Takeda, Kaye D. Spilker
Designer Commune Design
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins in menswear

Tenue Correcte Exigée: Quand Le Vêtement Fait Scandale (Proper Dressing Required: When Clothes Made Scandal)

Start Date 01 December 2016
End Date 23 April 2017
Venue Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Location Paris, France
Curator Denis Bruna
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2018

Rebel Women:
Defying Victorianism

Start Date 17 July 2018
End Date 06 January 2019
Venue Museum of the City of New York
Location New York, USA
Curator Marcela Micucci

2016

Kimonos from the Okura collection

Start Date 21 October 2016
End Date 13 December 2016
Venue Rijksmuseum
Location Amsterdam, Netherlands

2018

Forever Young

Start Date 10 February 2018
End Date 02 September 2018
Venue Modemuseum
Location Hasselt, Belgium
Curator Eve Demoen
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

BvIgari Tribute to Femininity. Magnificent Roman Jewels

Start Date 12 November 2018
End Date 13 January 2019
Venue Kremlin Museum
Location Moscow, Russia

2016

Mad About The Boy

Start Date 08 January 2016
End Date 02 April 2016
Venue Fashion Space Gallery
Location London, UK
Curator Lou Stoppard
Designer Tony Hornecker
Commissioned by Ligaya Salazar
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2019

Camp: Notes on Fashion

Start Date 09 May 2019
End Date 08 September 2019
Venue Metropolitan Museum of Art
Location New York, USA
Curator Andrew Bolton, Karen Van Godtsenhoven, Amanda Garfinkel
Designer Jan Versweyveld, Raul Avila
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2013

Glamour

Start Date January 2013
End Date December 2013
Venue The Fashion Museum
Location Bath, England
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2014

Man in Progress: 20 years of Men’s Fashion and 20 Years of GQ

Start Date 26 September 2014
End Date 11 January 2015
Venue Museo Del Traje
Location Madrid, Spain
Curator Marta Blanco and José Luis Díez Carpenter Garde
Designer Gonzalo Fonseca

Patterns of Magnificence. Tradition and Reinvention in Greek Women’s Costume (touring)

Start Date 04 February 2014
End Date 02 March 2014
Venue The Hellenic Centre
Location London, UK
Curator Ioanna Papantoniou
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins and images

Patterns of Magnificence. Tradition and Reinvention in Greek Women’s Costume

Start Date 30 October 2014
End Date 19 April 2015
Venue Hellenic Cosmos Cultural Centre
Location Athens, Greece
Curator Ioanna Papantoniou
Designer Stamatis Zannos
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins and images

Bound to Impress: Corsets from The Helen Larson Historic Fashion Collection

Start Date 08 February 2014
End Date 14 June 2014
Venue Museum at Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising
Location Los Angeles, USA

BLISS: 19th-Century Wedding Gowns from The Helen Larson Historic Fashion Collection

Start Date 11 February 2014
End Date 05 July 2014
Venue Museum at Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising
Location Los Angeles, USA
Curator Kevin Jones

2019

Girls Against Boys: Fashion and gender in the beginnings of Spanish modernity

Start Date 22 October 2019
End Date 01 December 2019
Venue Museo Del Traje
Location Madrid, Spain
Curator Juan Gutiérrez
Coordination: Ana Muñoz
Assembly: Youth Museum workshop participants
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

In Pursuit of Fashion: The Sandy Schreier Collection

Start Date 27 November 2019
End Date 27 September 2020
Venue Metropolitan Museum of Art
Location New York, USA
Curator Andrew Bolton
Designer Shane Valentino and Nathan Crowley
Exhibition display of dressed mannequin in a doorway setting with exhibition name and captions on wall

2013

Gatsby’s Women: 1920s Evening Dress from The Helen Larson Historic Fashion Collection

Start Date 27 June 2013
End Date 19 October 2013
Venue Museum at Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising
Location Los Angeles, USA
Curator Christina Johnson

La Mécanique Des Dessous, Une Histoire Indiscrète De La Silhouette (The Mechanics Of The Underwear, An Indiscreet Story Of The Silhouette)

Start Date 05 July 2013
End Date 24 November 2013
Venue Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Location Paris, France
Curator Denis Bruna
Designer Constance Guisset

2010

American High Style: Fashioning a National Collection

Start Date 07 May 2010
End Date 01 August 2010
Venue Brooklyn Museum
Location New York, USA

2014

Brides. Tradition and Fashion in Greece

Start Date 23 January 2014
End Date 25 May 2014
Venue Benaki Museum
Location Athens, Greece
Curator Ioanna Papantoniou