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2023

DIVA

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

2024

PUNK: Rage & Revolution

Start Date
16 September 2023
End Date
03 March 2024
Venue
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
Location
Northampton,UK
Curator
Jill Birrell
Designer
Vertigo Creative, Leicester
installation view of punk exhibition

2023

Andy Warhol: the Textiles

Start Date
31 March 2023
End Date
10 September 2023
Venue
Fashion and Textile Museum
Location
London, UK
Curator
Geoffrey Rayner and Richard Chamberlain
A row of prom-style dresses, short-sleeved shirt and 50s dress on display on tailor's dummies. Each dummy stands on individual square black plinths in front of a black wall.

1982

Fashion Technology: A Tribute to the Modiste

Start Date
01 September 1982
End Date
01 December 1982
Venue
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Location
Indianapolis, U.S.A

2002

Berliner Chic: the 60s

Start Date
07 February 2002
End Date
14 April 2002
Venue
Decorative Arts Museum (Kunstgewerbemuseum)
Location
Berlin, Germany

2023

Crown to Couture

Start Date
05 April 2023
End Date
29 October 2023
Venue
Kensington Palace, Historic Royal Palaces
Location
London, U.K.
Curator
Polly Putnam and Claudia Acott-Williams
Designer
Joseph Bennett
Gallery view showing mannequins wearing historical dress

2005

Kylie: an Exhibition

Start Date
25 December 2005
End Date
07 May 2006
Venue
Powerhouse Museum
Location
Sydney, Australia
Gallery view showing gold, silver and white outfits worn on black mannequins on white plinths. In the background is a large projector screen with Kylie's face and the word 'SS-CONF' in silver

2022

Platinum Jubilee Display

Start Date
03 July 2022
End Date
25 September 2022
Venue
Palace of Holyroodhouse
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland

Platinum Jubilee: The Queen’s Accession, Buckingham Palace

Start Date
22 July 2022
End Date
02 September 2022
Venue
Windsor Castle
Location
Windsor, U.K.

2008

Billy: Bill Gibb’s Moment in Time

Start Date
24 October 2008
End Date
18 January 2009
Venue
Fashion and Textile Museum
Location
London, England
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins with painted backdrop

2021

Mary Quant: Fashion Icon (Touring)

Start Date
10 December 2021
End Date
13 March 2022
Venue
Auckland Art Gallery
Location
Auckland, New Zealand
Curator
Dr Sophie Matthiesson, Senior Curator, International Art
exhibition display of mannequins adjacent to a screen showing film of Mary Quant

2013

Giles Deacon

Start Date
12 October 2013
End Date
15 December 2013
Venue
William Morris Gallery
Location
London, U.K.
Curator
Giles Deacon
Designer
Giles Deacon
The back of a mannequin wearing an ivory dress and feathered headpiece stands on top of a bonfire in a gallery. The walls of the gallery have scorch marks.

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

2021

Design and Healing: Creative responses to epidemics

Start Date
10 December 2021
End Date
20 February 2023
Venue
Cooper Hewitt Museum, Smithsonian Design Museum
Location
New York, USA
Curator
MASS Design Group and Cooper Hewitt
Exhibition shot of mannequin in hospital scrubs and masc with several other face-masked mannequin heads in a row, in front of a screen with women's masked face.

1986

14:24 British Youth Culture

Start Date
01 August 1986
End Date
01 August 1986
Venue
The Boilerhouse, V&A Museum
Location
London, England

2010

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

2003

Starstruck: A Celebrity Shoe Soirée

Start Date
01 March 2003
End Date
01 August 2004
Venue
Bata Shoe Museum
Location
Toronto, Canada
Designer
Toboggan Design
Design collaborator:
Atelier du presse-citron Fabricator: Holman Exhibits
Exhibition with shoes on display against a backdrop of celebrity cutout silhouettes

2019

Fast Fashion/Slow Art

Start Date
08 August 2019
End Date
15 December 2019
Venue
The Luther W. Brady Art Gallery at the Corcoran School of the Arts & Design
Location
Washington D.C., USA
Curator
Bibiana Obler and Phyllis Rosenzweig
Exhibition with two television screens and doorway to another room.

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

2018

Titanic Dress

Start Date
05 April 2018
End Date
05 February 2019
Venue
Pigeon Forge
Location
Tennessee, USA
Curator
Fashion History Museum
exhibition display of mannequins

2017

Then, Now, Next: Canada 150 Fashion Retrospective

Start Date
13 September 2017
End Date
27 October 2017
Venue
Yorkville Village
Location
Ontario, Canada
Curator
Len D. Henry and The Fashion History Museum
exhibition display of mannequins

2021

Style in Revolt

Start Date
16 December 2021
End Date
01 March 2022
Venue
T-10/SKP-S
Location
Beijing, China
Curator
Kennedy, led by Hannah Beach
Designer
Caret Studio and Buromosa
Co-curated by
Fraser Cooke, Paul Mittleman, Sami Janjer and Acyde Odunlami
With the generous support of
Giorgio de Mitri
Soundtracked by musical director,
James Lavelle
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2020

The Rolling Stones: Unzipped

Start Date
20 November 2020
End Date
18 April 2021
Venue
Groninger Museum
Location
Groningen, The Netherlands
Curator
Ileen Gallagher
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins wearing hats

2021

No Comply – Skate Culture and Community

Start Date
19 July 2021
End Date
19 September 2021
Venue
Somerset House
Location
London, UK
Curator
Tory Turk, Curator and Consultant Curator Helena Long, British skateboarder
Designer
Studio LP and Interesting Projects
Original Idea
Frankie Shea

In America (Part 1): A Lexicon of Fashion

Start Date
18 September 2021
End Date
05 September 2022
Venue
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Andrew Bolton and Amanda Garfinkel
Designer
LAMB Design Studio with the Met's design department

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)

2009

Rudolf Noureev: 1938-1993, La Trame D’une Vie
(Rudolf Noureev: 1938-1993, La Trame D’une Vie)

Start Date
09 May 2009
End Date
11 November 2009
Venue
Centre National du Costume de Scene
Location
Moulins, France
Curator
Delphine Pinasa
Designer
Ezio Frigerio

Opéras Russes, À L’aube Des Ballets Russes, 1901-1913
(Russian Operas, At the Dawn of the Russian Ballets, 1901-1913)

Start Date
12 December 2009
End Date
16 May 2010
Venue
Centre National du Costume de Scene
Location
Moulins, France
Curator
Delphine Pinasa and Martine Kahane
Designer
Giuliano Spinelli
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2020

Levi Strauss: A History of American Style

Start Date
13 February 2020
End Date
08 August 2020
Venue
The Contemporary Jewish Museum
Location
San Fransisco, California, USA
Curator
Justin Limoges and Heidi Rabben
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2015

Mad men, Testimony of an Era

Start Date
01 November 2015
Venue
Museo de la Moda
Location
Santiago, Chile
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2013

Costumer Le Pouvoir À L’opéra Et Au Cinéma (Costumer Le Pouvoir À L’opéra Et Au Cinéma)

Start Date
26 January 2013
End Date
20 May 2013
Venue
Centre National du Costume de Scene
Location
Moulins, France
Curator
Noelle Giret and Martine Kahane
Designer
Simon De Tovar and Alain Batifoulier
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2016

Déshabillez-moi ! Les Costumes de la Pop et de la Chanson (Undress Me! The Costumes of Pop and Song)

Start Date
15 October 2016
End Date
05 March 2017
Venue
Centre National du Costume de Scene
Location
Moulins, France
Curator
Delphine Pinasa and Stephane Malfettes
Designer
Bernard Connan
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2014

Costumes of Downton Abbey

Start Date
01 March 2014
End Date
04 January 2015
Venue
Winterthur Museum
Location
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2019

Costuming The Crown

Start Date
30 March 2019
End Date
05 January 2020
Venue
Winterthur Museum
Location
Wilmington, Delaware, USA

2012

Christian Lacroix, La Source and the Paris Opera Ballet
(Christian Lacroix, La Source and the Paris Opera Ballet)

Start Date
16 June 2012
End Date
31 December 2012
Venue
Centre National du Costume de Scene
Location
Moulins, France
Curator
Delphine Pinasa, Brigit Lefevre
Designer
Eric Ruf
Aritistic Director
Christian Lacroix
Mannequins in hats, coats and with bow and arrows on display

2013

Mods

Start Date
13 July 2013
End Date
29 September 2013
Venue
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
Location
Northampton, UK
Curator
Tory Turk and Paul Lander

2003

Gothic–wear

Start Date
27 September 2003
End Date
14 December 2003
Venue
Centraal Museum
Location
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

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

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

2015

The Alice Look

Start Date
02 May 2015
End Date
01 November 2015
Venue
V&A Museum of Childhood
Location
London, UK

2008

The Contemporary Wardrobe Collection’s 30th Anniversary

Start Date
03 May 2008
End Date
31 May 2008
Venue
The Horse Hospital
Location
London, UK
Curator
Roger Burton
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins hanging on wall

Fashion v Sport

Start Date
05 September 2008
End Date
04 January 2009
Venue
V&A
Location
London, England
Curator
Ligaya Salazar
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

1994

Streetstyle: From Sidewalk to Catwalk, 1940 to Tomorrow

Start Date
16 November 1994
End Date
19 February 1995
Venue
V&A
Location
London, UK
Curator
Amy de la Haye, Cathie Dingwall and Ted Polhemus
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins, didactic panel and backdrop

2016

Million Dollar Mermaid: Annette Kellerman

Start Date
10 August 2016
End Date
01 January 1970
Venue
Powerhouse Museum
Location
Sydney, Australia
Curator
Peter Cox
Designer
Katherine Bond
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2019

Cue: 50 Years of Australian Fashion

Start Date
29 November 2019
End Date
05 June 2025
Venue
Powerhouse Museum
Location
Sydney, Australia
Curator
Roger Leong
Designer
Simon Rochowski (studioplusthree)
Graphic design:
Maria Mosquera
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2010

The 80s are Back

Start Date
12 December 2010
End Date
27 March 2011
Venue
Powerhouse Museum
Location
Sydney, Australia
Curatorial Team
Peter Cox, Rebecca Bower, Charles Pickett, Glynis Jones, Campbell Bickerstaff, Damian McDonald, Craig Schuftan (Triple J)

2016

The Women of Harper’s Bazaar, 1936-1958

Start Date
01 March 2016
End Date
02 April 2016
Venue
The Museum at FIT
Location
New York, USA

2015

The Rise of Sneaker Culture (Touring)

Start Date
10 July 2015
End Date
04 October 2015
Venue
Brooklyn Museum
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Elizabeth Semmelhack and Lisa Small

Fashion and the Force: Star Wars™ Gowns from Rodarte

Start Date
26 December 2015
End Date
26 January 2016
Venue
Royal Ontario Museum
Location
Toronto, Canada
Curator
Alexandra Palmer

2004

Patrick Kelly: A Retrospective

Start Date
17 April 2004
End Date
05 September 2004
Venue
Brooklyn Museum
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Thelma Golden

2015

Denim: Fashion’s Frontier

Start Date
01 December 2015
End Date
07 May 2016
Venue
The Museum at FIT
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Emma McClendon

2016

Out of the Box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture (touring)

Start Date
22 December 2016
End Date
02 April 2017
Venue
Oakland Museum of California
Location
Oakland, USA
Curator
Elizabeth Semmelhack

Mary Quant: Fashion Icon

Start Date
04 November 2016
End Date
04 November 2017
Venue
Platt Hall, Gallery of Costume
Location
Manchester, UK
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

Hair by Sam McKnight

Start Date
02 November 2016
End Date
12 March 2017
Venue
Somerset House
Location
London, UK
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins with wigs

Out of the Box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture (touring)

Start Date
10 September 2016
End Date
27 November 2016
Venue
Speed Art Museum
Location
Louisville, USA
Curator
Elizabeth Semmelhack

2018

Phantom Fashion 30

Start Date
31 October 2018
End Date
30 November 2018
Venue
Museum of the City of New York
Location
New York, USA

2016

Out of the Box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture (touring)

Start Date
11 June 2016
End Date
14 August 2016
Venue
High Museum of Art
Location
Atlanta, USA
Curator
Elizabeth Semmelhack

2012

Blue Jeans

Start Date
24 November 2012
End Date
10 March 2013
Venue
Centraal Museum
Location
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2014

POP! Design • Culture • Fashion

Start Date
15 June 2014
End Date
12 October 2014
Venue
Regionmuseet
Location
Kristianstad, Sweden

2012

POP! Design • Culture • Fashion

Start Date
06 July 2012
End Date
27 October 2012
Venue
Fashion and Textile Museum
Location
London, UK
Curator
Dennis Nothdruft
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

2014

Ossie Clark: designer in focus

Start Date
30 January 2014
End Date
27 July 2014
Venue
Platt Hall, Manchester Art Gallery
Location
Manchester, UK
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2013

Punk: Chaos to Couture

Start Date
09 May 2013
End Date
14 August 2013
Venue
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Andrew Bolton
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins with headpieces

Out of the Box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture

Start Date
25 April 2013
End Date
30 March 2014
Venue
Bata Shoe Museum
Location
Toronto, Canada
Curator
Elizabeth Semmelhack
Exhibition display with shoes on round plinths

2010

Eco Fashion: Going Green

Start Date
26 May 2010
End Date
13 November 2010
Venue
The Museum at Fashion Institute of Technology
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Jennifer Farley and Colleen Hill, along with Tiffany Webber

2013

Aurelio Costarella – A 30 year retrospective

Start Date
02 November 2013
End Date
02 February 2014
Venue
Western Australia Museum
Location
Perth, Australia

2015

Out of the Box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture (touring)

Start Date
03 December 2015
End Date
28 February 2016
Venue
Toledo Museum of Art
Location
Toledo, USA
Curator
Halona Norton-Westbrook

2020

Fast x Slow Fashion: Shopping for Clothes in Leeds 1720 – 2020

Start Date
14 February 2020
End Date
29 November 2020
Venue
Leeds City Museum
Location
Leeds, UK
Curator
Vanessa Jones
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2010

Carnaby Street 1960–2010

Start Date
26 February 2010
End Date
01 April 2010
Venue
38 Carnaby Street, London
Location
London, UK
Curator
Judith Clark and Amy de la Haye
Designer
A collaboration with John Morgan Studio, with illustrator Alice Smith.
Exhibition display of ephemera in wall mounted case

Fake Food and Fast Cars: The Pop Culture of Kate Forbes

Start Date
11 September 2010
End Date
02 October 2010
Venue
The Horse Hospital
Location
London, UK
Curator
Roger Burton
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins in floral tutu style dresses

2018

Super Sharp

Start Date
01 February 2018
End Date
21 April 2018
Venue
Fashion Space Gallery
Location
London, UK
Curator
Tory Turk, Jointly conceived with Saul Milton
Designer
Steve Leggett. Graphic Design by Lucy May Design
Commissioned by
Ligaya Salazar
Exhibition display of garments suspended in the air

2017

Pele, the King of Soccer

Start Date
31 August 2017
Venue
Museo de la Moda
Location
Santiago, Chile

2016

Music Icons II

Start Date
19 May 2016
Venue
Museo de la Moda
Location
Santiago, Chile

2015

Music Icons I

Start Date
02 July 2015
Venue
Museo de la Moda
Location
Santiago, Chile

2010

Marie Claire: 15 Years of Australian Fashion

Start Date
01 January 1970
Venue
Powerhouse Museum
Location
Sydney, Australia