Works of “Eco-Fashion: Going Green ”

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c. 1800

c. 1821

c. 1840

c. 1865

1870s

M.A. O'Connell

c. 1888

1889

Stanley

c.1894

Jeanne Hallée

c. 1903

c. 1918

c. 1925

c. 1926

Vionnet

1930

Elsa Schiaparelli

Winter 1935-1936

1935

c. 1938

Grès

1942-1943

Adrian

c. 1944

c. 1950

Sophie Gimbel

c. 1950

Alpine

1950s

Claire McCardell

1950

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Eco-Fashion: Going Green

Eco-Fashion: Going Green explored the evolution of the fashion industry's multifaceted and complex relationship with the environment. By examining the past two centuries of fashions, good and bad, environmental and ethical practices, Eco-Fashion: Going Green provided historical context for today's eco-fashion movement.

Presented chronologically and featuring more than 100 garments, accessories, and textiles, the exhibition used contemporary methods for "going green" as a framework to study the past. The objects displayed each touch upon at least one of six major themes: the re-purposing and recycling of materials, fiber origins, textile dyeing and production, quality of craftsmanship, labor practices, and the treatment of animals. Curated by Jennifer Farley and Colleen Hill, the exhibition featured some of the finest examples of 21st-century sustainable fashions by current, cutting-edge labels, including Alabama Chanin, Ciel, Edun, FIN, and NOIR.