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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 August1986
End Date 01 August1986
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 March 2003
End Date 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 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 2017
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 26 April 2020
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 2010
Venue Powerhouse Museum
Location Sydney, Australia