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2003.86.1

c. 1740

P82.27.1

1755-1760

P83.19.10

c. 1785

76.208.7

c. 1845

P86.17.1

c. 1845

P92.40.1

c. 1857

P90.2.4

c. 1860

P84.26.1

c. 1896

71.268.10

Louiseboulanger

1929

78.125.1

Elsa Schiaparelli

Fall 1936

82.236.3

Persall Tailors

1936

75.218.5

Hammond & Co., Ltd.

1939

92.213.2

Fontana

c.1957

80.300.4

I. Miller

c. 1958

79.130.14

Cucci

1957

78.57.6

Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche

1967

2009.1.3

Mr. Fish

c. 1972

91.111.9

New Man

1971

91.255.4

Yves Saint Laurent

c. 1982

99.59.4

Jean Paul Gaultier pour Gibo

c. 1984

2004.14.2

Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche

Fall 1983

91.111.37

Stephane Kélian

1988

2007.15.10

Jean Paul Gaultier Homme

c. 1989

89.89.1

1989

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His and Hers

His & Hers explored the relationship between gender and fashion over 250 years. Clothing can act as an immediate signifier of gender however, while making distinctions between masculine and feminine styles of clothing may seem natural, gendering is not a biological phenomenon. The exhibition discussed the changing ideas of "appropriate" attire for each gender; it also included examples of so-called unisex and androgynous fashion. More than 100 garments, accessories, and textiles from the Museum's permanent collection were featured chronologically, from a seemingly "feminine" 18th-century man's velvet suit to a woman's "power suit" from the 1980s. Also included were works by innovative designers such as Giorgio Armani, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Gianni Versace, and Vivienne Westwood.