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2002.36.1

18th century

P82.27.1

1755-1760

P83.19.10

c. 1785

2015.34.1

1800-1810

P91.36.2

Boué Soeurs

c. 1919

78.237.10

Mary Liotta

1926

P86.66.5

Molyneux

c. 1929

71.248.1

Adrian

c. 1942

91.241.136

Charles James

1954-1955

91.241.131

Charles James

1956-1957

88.29.24

Giorgio di Sant'Angelo

c. 1970

P86.43.3

Norell

c. 1972

91.254.25

Giorgio di Sant'Angelo

1971

91.158.1

Zandra Rhodes

1981

2014.63.6

Louis Féraud

c. 1989

P89.60.1

Vivienne Westwood

Fall 1988

2011.13.1

Thierry Mugler

Spring 1989

93.62.1

Audrey Buckner

Fall 1992

2004.49.1

Thierry Mugler

Fall 1997

2008.1.1

Shelley Fox

Fall/Winter 2000

2001.52.5

Yoshiki Hishinuma

Fall 2000

2001.52.2

Yoshiki Hishinuma

2001

2009.16.27

Jean Paul Gaultier

Fall 2002

2008.47.2

Undercover

Spring/Summer 2005

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Fairy Tale Fashion

Fairy Tale Fashion was a unique and imaginative exhibition that examined fairy tales through the lens of high fashion. In versions of numerous fairy tales by authors such as Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, and Hans Christian Andersen, it is evident that dress was often used to symbolize a character’s transformation, vanity, power, or privilege. Organized by associate curator Colleen Hill, this exhibition featured more than 80 objects placed within dramatic, fantasy-like settings designed by architect Kim Ackert. Since fairy tales are not often set in a specific time period, Fairy Tale Fashion included garments and accessories dating from the 18th century to the present. There was a particular emphasis on extraordinary 21st-century fashions by designers such as Thom Browne, Dolce and Gabbana, Tom Ford, Giles, Mary Katrantzou, Marchesa, Alexander McQueen, Rick Owens, Prada, Rodarte, and Walter Van Beirendonck, among others.