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miXages

Start Date 12 December 2008
End Date 22 February 2009
Venue Musée du Textile
Location Cholet, France
Curator Sylvie Marot
Designer Sylvie Marot

Magnificence of the Tsars

Start Date 10 December 2008
End Date 29 March 2009
Venue V&A
Location London, England
Curator Svetlana Amelekhina

Calder Jewelry

Start Date 09 December 2008
End Date 01 March 2009
Venue Metropolitan Museum of Art
Location New York, USA
Curator Jane Adlin

Seduction

Start Date 09 December 2008
End Date 16 June 2009
Venue The Museum at FIT
Location New York, USA
Curator Colleen Hill
Assistant Curators Harumi Hotta and Lynn Weidner

The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947–1957: Touring

Start Date 07 December 2008
End Date 22 March 2009
Venue Bendigo Art Gallery
Location Bendigo, Australia

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

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

El cos Vestit (The dressed body)

Start Date 02 December 2008
End Date 30 December 2012
Venue Museo del Diseño de Barcelona
Location Barcelona, Spain
Curator Teresa Bastardes and Sílvia Ventosa
Designer Julia Schulz-Dornburg and Eugenia Troncoso
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

Sous l’Empire des Crinolines (Under the Rule of the Crinoline)

Start Date 29 November 2008
End Date 26 April 2009
Venue Musée Galliera
Location Paris, France
Curator Catherine Join-Diéterle and Françoise Vittu

The House of Viktor & Rolf (Touring)

Start Date 25 November 2008
End Date 08 February 2009
Venue Centraal Museum
Location Utrecht, The Netherlands
Designer SIX-METRE HIGH DOLLS' HOUSE DESIGNED BY SIEBE TETTERO
Created in collaboration with Premsela - Dutch Platform for Design and Fashion

Selma Lagerlöf 150 Ar (Selma Lagerlof 150 years)

Start Date 22 November 2008
End Date 19 February 2009
Venue Röhsska Museum of Fashion, Design and Decorative Art
Location Gothenburg, Sweden

Sonia Rykiel, Exhibition

Start Date 20 November 2008
End Date 19 April 2009
Venue Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Location Paris, France
Curator Olivier Saillard
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

The Cutting Edge

Start Date 19 November 2008
End Date 07 July 2009
Venue Textile Museum of Canada
Location Toronto, Canada
Curator Patricia Bentley
display of exhibition mannequins

Couture Remixed. Fashion Pieces by Stephan Hann

Start Date 08 November 2008
End Date 01 June 2009
Venue Decorative Arts Museum (Kunstgewerbemuseum)
Location Berlin, Germany

Steinunn Sigurðardóttir: Torsten och Wanja Söderbergs Pris år 2008 (The Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize 2008)

Start Date 5 November 2008
End Date 22 February 2009
Venue Röhsska Museum of Fashion, Design and Decorative Art
Location Gothenburg, Sweden

Yves Saint Laurent Style

Start Date 01 November 2008
End Date 05 April 2009
Venue de Young Museum of Art
Location San Francisco, USA

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

Minä Perhonen: Fashion and Design

Start Date 28 October 2008
End Date 23 February 2009
Venue Textiel Museum
Location Tilburg, Netherlands
Curator Guest curator José Teunissen
In collaboration with Akira Minagawa and Hanneke Oosterhof, Head of Presentation and Collection at the Textile Museum.
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

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

Bill Gibb: A Personal Journey

Start Date 17 October 2008
End Date October 2009
Venue The Fashion Museum
Location Bath, England
Curator Iain R. Webb and Rosemary Harden

Across the Desert: Aboriginal Batik from Central Australia

Start Date 10 October 2008
End Date 01 February 2009
Venue NGV Australia, National Gallery of Victoria
Location Melbourne, Australia
Curator Katie Somerville, Danielle Whitfield, Judith Ryan & Stephen Gilchrist
Exhibition display of textiles on wall and dress inside glass vitrine

Paris/New York: Design Fashion, Culture 1925–1940

Start Date 03 October 2008
End Date 22 February 2009
Venue Museum of the City of New York
Location New York, USA

Remaking Fashion

Start Date 26 September 2008
End Date 03 February 2009
Venue National Gallery of Victoria
Location Melbourne, Australia
Curator Paola Di Trocchio

Colours: Moments in Fashion

Start Date 26 September 2008
End Date 13 September 2009
Venue Te Papa Tongawera
Location Wellington, New Zealand

The Art of the Embroiderer

Start Date 25 September 2008
End Date 31 December 2009
Venue Kent State University Museum
Location Kent, USA
Curator Anne Bissonnette

Requested to Dance – Invited to Dance

Start Date 13 September 2008
End Date 04 January 2009
Venue Modemuseum
Location Hasselt, Belgium
Curator Kenneth Ramaekers
Designer Scenography: Lien Wauters
Lighting:   Jan Dekeyser (In-Vitro)
Consultancy: Jeanne Brabants, Rina Barbier and Katie Verstockt
Design Brusatto
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

Maison Martin Margiela ‘20’ The Exhibition

Start Date 12 September 2008
End Date 08 February 2009
Venue MoMu
Location Antwerp, Belgium
Curator Kaat Debo and Bob Verhelst
Designer Bob Verhelst
With special thanks to: Maison Martin Margiela
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

Japanese Obi in the Kent State University Museum Collection

Start Date 11 September 2008
End Date 1 March 2009
Venue Kent State University Museum
Location Kent, USA
Curator Jean L. Druesedow

One For All and All For One: The Jumpsuit

Start Date 06 September 2008
End Date 01 February 2009
Venue FDG
Location Phoenix, USA

Two Centuries of British Fashion from the Victoria and Albert Museum’s Collection

Start Date 05 September 2008
End Date 16 November 2008
Venue Moscow Kremlin Museums
Location Moscow, Russia

Gothic: Dark Glamour

Start Date 05 September 2008
End Date 22 February 2009
Venue The Museum at FIT
Location New York, USA
Curator Valerie Steele
Designer Charles B. Froom
Art Director Simon Costin
Exhibition display of dressed mannequin with painting in background

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

William Travilla: The Lost Collection

Start Date 28 July 2008
End Date 22 September 2008
Venue Fashion Museum
Location Bath, England

De Ideale Man (The Ideal Man)

Start Date 26 July 2008
End Date 26 October 2008
Venue Gemeentemuseum
Location Den Hague, The Netherlands

Rudi Gernreich: Bold

Start Date 23 July 2008
End Date 31 March 2009
Venue Kent State University Museum
Location Kent, USA

Calder Jewelry

Start Date 12 July 2008
End Date 02 November 2008
Venue Philadelphia Museum of Art
Location Philadelphia, USA
Curator Elisabeth Agro

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

Little Black Dress

Start Date 20 June 2008
End Date 25 August 2008
Venue Fashion and Textiles Museum
Location London, England

The House of Viktor & Rolf (Touring)

Start Date 18 June 2008
End Date 21 September 2008
Venue Barbican Art Gallery
Location London, England
Curator The Barbican
Designer Six-metre high dolls' house designed by Siebe Tettero
Created in collaboration with PREMSELA - DUTCH PLATFORM FOR DESIGN AND FASHION
Exhibition display of an oversized doll's house with dressed mannequins

Valentino: Thèmes et Variations (Valentino: Themes and Variations)

Start Date 17 June 2008
End Date 21 September 2008
Venue Les Arts Décoratifs
Location Paris, France

Roy Villevoye – Detours

Start Date 14 June 2008
End Date 10 August 2008
Venue Museum Boijman Van Beuningen
Location Rotterdam, Netherlands

The Last Debutantes: 1958 Season of Change

Start Date 11 June 2008
End Date 3 January 2010
Venue Kensington Palace
Location London, England

Röhsska Modemuseum: 2

Start Date 10 June 2008
End Date 21 September 2008
Venue Röhsska Museum of Fashion, Design and Decorative Art
Location Gothenburg, Sweden

Homage to Yves Saint Laurent

Start Date 05 June 2008
End Date 31 August 2008
Venue Decorative Arts Museum (Kunstgewerbemuseum)
Location Berlin, Germany

Yves Saint Laurent Style

Start Date 29 May 2008
End Date 28 September 2008
Venue Fondation Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent at the Montreal Museum of Art
Location Montreal, Canada

Hello! Fashion: Kansai Yamamoto 1971–1973

Start Date 24 May 2008
End Date 23 August 2009
Venue Philadelphia Museum of Art
Location Philadelphia, USA
Curator Dilys Blum

Arbiters of Style: Women at the Forefront of Fashion

Start Date 21 May 2008
End Date 08 November 2008
Venue The Museum at FIT
Location New York, USA
Curator Colleen Hill and Molly Sorkin

Aesthetes, Bohemians and Craftsmen: Artistic Dress 1880s–1920s

Start Date 20 May 2008
End Date 2 July 2008
Venue FIDM
Location Los Angeles, USA

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

Fashion in the Age of Queen Victoria: The Darnell Collection

Start Date 17 May 2008
End Date 20 July 2008
Venue Bendigo Art Gallery
Location Bendigo, Australia

From the Village to Vogue: The Modernist Jewelry of Art Smith

Start Date 14 May 2008
End Date 11 June 2011
Venue Philadelphia Museum of Art
Location Philadelphia, USA
Curator Barry R. Harwood

Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy

Start Date 5 May 2008
End Date 1 September 2008
Venue Metropolitan Museum of Art
Location New York, USA
Curator Andrew Bolton

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

Dandysmes – De Barbey D’aurevilly À Christian Dior 1808-2008
(Dandyism – From Barbey D’aurevilly To Christian Dior 1808-2008)

Start Date 01 May 2008
End Date 01 September 2008
Venue Musée Christian Dior
Location Granville, France

Fashioning Kimono: Art Deco and Modernism in Japan

Start Date 26 April 2008
End Date 20 July 2011
Venue Philadelphia Museum of Art
Location Philadelphia, USA
Curator Kristina Haugland

Simply Halston

Start Date 12 April 2008
End Date 4 January 2009
Venue Indianapolis Museum of Art
Location Indianapolis, USA

On Pointe: The Rise of the Ballet Shoe

Start Date April 2008
End Date February 2009
Venue Bata Shoe Museum
Location Toronto, Canada

Salvatore Ferragamo Evolving Legend 1928-2008

Start Date 30 March 2008
End Date 07 May 2008
Venue Museo Salvatore Ferragamo
Location Florence, Italy
Curator Stefania Ricci and Cristina Morozzi
Red shoes on display

Chado Ralph Rucci

Start Date 21 March 2008
End Date 17 August 2008
Venue FDG
Location Phoenix, USA

Skin+Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture

Start Date 18 March 2008
End Date 12 June 2008
Venue Somerset House
Location London, England
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

Breaking the Mode: Contemporary Fashion from the Permanent Collection

Start Date 16 March 2008
End Date 1 June 2008
Venue Indianapolis Museum of Art
Location Indiana, USA

Yves Saint Laurent: Un Passion Marocaine – Caftans, Broderies, Bijoux (Yves Saint Laurent: A Moroccan Obsession – Kaftans, Embroideries, Jewellery)

Start Date 14 March 2008
End Date 31 August 2008
Venue Fondation Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent
Location Paris, France

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

Moi, Veronique. Branquinho TouTe NUe

Start Date 12 March 2008
End Date 17 August 2008
Venue MoMu
Location Antwerp, Belgium
Curator Veronique Branquinho i.s.m. Blitz
Designer Scenographer: B-Architecten
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

In Bloom: Patterned Silk Design Innovations in Eighteenth Century France

Start Date 6 March 2008
End Date 8 February 2009
Venue Kent State University Museum
Location Kent, USA

Reveal or Conceal?

Start Date 22 February 2008
End Date 18 January 2009
Venue McCord Museum
Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Exhibition display with underwear displayed on bust and flat.

Reveal or Conceal?

Start Date 21 February 2008
End Date 18 January 2009
Venue McCord Museum of Canadian History
Location Montreal, Canada

James Galanos: American Luxury

Start Date 14 February 2008
End Date 1 March 2009
Venue Kent State University Museum
Location Kent, USA

The Fabric of Cultures: Fashion Identity: Globalization

Start Date 13 February 2008
End Date 27 April 2008
Venue Museum of Craft and Folk Art
Location San Francisco, USA

Refusing Fashion: Rei Kawakubo

Start Date 10 February 2008
End Date 14 April 2008
Venue Museum of Contemporary Art
Location Detroit, USA

Black in Fashion: Mourning to Night

Start Date 8 February 2008
End Date 31 August 2008
Venue NGV Australia, National Gallery of Victoria
Location Melbourne, Australia
Curator Paola Di Trocchio, Laura Jocic, Roger Leong and Danielle Whitfield

Madame Grès: Sphinx of Fashion

Start Date 01 February 2008
End Date 19 April 2008
Venue The Museum at FIT
Location New York, USA
Curator Patricia Mears

Belle Epoque Brides

Start Date 24 January 2008
End Date 4 January 2009
Venue Kent State University Museum
Location Kent, USA

Simonetta: La Prima Donna Della Moda Italiana
(First Lady of Italian Fashion)

Start Date 09 January 2008
End Date 17 February 2008
Venue Palazzo Pitti
Location Florence, Italy
Curator Judith Clark
Co-curated by Maria Luisa Frisa and Vittoria C. Caratozzolo
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

Little Black Dress

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

Icon Dressed: A Fashion Installation by Anette Mayer

Start Date 2008
End Date 2009
Venue Nordiska Museet
Location Stockholm, Sweden