Tag Archives: exhibit
American Beauty, Of Another Fashion
I’ve been thinking a lot about Thread for Thought‘s latest post on the difficulty of defining “American fashion”. Of course, the ways in which the normative relations between fashion, beauty, and nationalism are articulated through racial, gender, and class terms … Continue reading
Filed under FASHIONING RACE, LINKAGE, ON BEAUTY
EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Of Another Fashion: Claiming America through Dress
At the end of a previous post about the Black Fashion Museum, I hinted about curating a different kind of fashion exhibition, one that explores the fashion histories of women of color and in relation to women of color. (See … Continue reading
Filed under FASHIONING RACE, ON BEAUTY, VINTAGE POLITICS
EXHIBIT: Dress Codes: Clothing as Metaphor
There’s an interesting exhibit at the Katonah Museum of Art (NY) called Dress Codes: Clothing as Metaphor. From the website: “The 36 artists in Dress Codes use clothing to explore a variety of issues ranging from feminine concern, racial stereotyping, … Continue reading
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EXHIBIT: Fashion & Politics
This is just straight lifted from the museum’s description: Fashion & PoliticsJuly 7, 2009 – November 7, 2009 The Museum at FIT presents Fashion & Politics, a chronological exploration of over 200 years of politics as expressed through fashion. The … Continue reading
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Queer + Fashion
Some weeks ago, my brilliant sister-friend Iraya Robles (formerly of San Francisco’s queercore outfit Sta-Prest) told me about a performance she wanted to put together about Tina Chow, the iconic mixed-race model and socialite who died in 1992 from AIDS-related … Continue reading
