7 Of The Best Fashion Exhibitions To See This Year

Costume Institute’s Spring 2017 Exhibition at The Met

Dates:?May 4th through September 4th, 2017

Where: New York, USA

The Costume Institute’s spring 2017 exhibition will be?Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Gar?ons, on view from May 4 through September 4, 2017.?Presented in the Museum’s Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Exhibition Hall on the second floor, the exhibition will examine Kawakubo’s fascination with interstitially; or the space between boundaries. The exhibition will feature approximately 120 examples of Kawakubo’s womenswear designs for Comme des Gar?ons, dating from her first Paris runway show in 1981 to her most recent collection. Organised thematically rather than chronologically, the examples will examine Kawakubo’s revolutionary experiments in interstitially, or ?in-betweenness??the space between boundaries.?By situating her designs within and between dualities such as East/West, male/female, and past/present, Kawakubo not only challenges the rigidity and artificiality of such binaries?but also resolves and dissolves them. To reflect this, mannequins will be arranged at eye level with no physical barriers, thereby dissolving the usual distance between objects on display and museum visitors, according to the official Met Museum website. For up to date information and ticket enquiries click?here.

YSL Museum in Marakkesh

Dates: Autumn 2017

Where: Marrakesh, Morroco?

In September 2017, two new museums dedicated to the work of?Yves Saint Laurent?will open in Paris and Marrakech, giving fans of fashion’s beloved couturier a closer look at his career, designs, and life in the atelier. The first will be centred in the home of haute couture – Paris; while the second will be placed in Yves home from home – Marrakesh. The Jardin Majorelle in Marrakech – also?known?as the Yves Saint Laurent Garden – is one of the cities biggest tourist attractions; with over 700,000 visitors alone in 2015. The late fashion designer had a long-standing relationship with Morocco and bought the property that resides in the YSL gardens in the 1980’s;’saving it from the bulldozers of an iconoclastic developer. Those who knew Yves and followed his iconic work know the impact the city of Marrakech had on his career and indeed the fashion industry. ?Along with the original YSL house, there is a state-of-the-art custom-built facility designed by Studio KO, and?is built to represent YSL’s “clean, uncluttered style recalls of Saint Laurents work”.?Although there is no official opening date for either of the museums yet, it is expected that they will open in Autumn 2017.

The House of Dior: Seventy Years of Haute Couture

Dates: August 27th through November 7th, 2017

Where: Melbourne, Australia

It’s undeniable that Dior has played a monumental role in the development of the fashion industry. In celebration of Christian Dior’s legacy,?Australia will soon play host to an extensive display of?Dior’s revolutionary designs with an exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne. According to Vogue, the exhibition will feature 140 garments from the house, designed from 1947 to 2017. There will be pieces designed by Christian Dior himself, solidifying the brand codes that subsequent designers have’reinterpreted?and re-invented following his unexpected death, from Yves Saint Laurent who first took the reins after Dior?to Marc Bohan, Gianfranco Ferr?, John Galliano, Raf Simons and Maria Grazia Chiuri, the current and first female creative director who presented her first ready-to-wear collection for the label in October. The exhibition?will be a celebration of Dior’s most landmark moments; revolutionising women’s fashion. This might come as an expensive fashion trip, but it will be oh-so-worth-it.?dah-ling.

Newbridge Silverware Museum Of Style Icons

Dates: All year

where: Newbridge, County Kildare

Named one of Ireland’s top five free visitor attractions by F?ilte Ireland, the Museum of Style Icons (MOSI) hosts numerous collections and artefacts relating to Stars of the Silver Screen and many modern day artists – including Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Princess Grace, Princess Diana, Michael Jackson, the Beatles and many more. New items are added to the exhibition at different times throughout the year so keep your eye on the?Newbridge Silverware website?for up-to-date information on upcoming exhibitions.