2019 is proving to be quite a year of celebration for the iconic French designer PIERRE CARDIN. Queerguru has just reviewed a new doc HOUSE OF CARDIN by husband and husband filmmakers P David Ebersole and Todd Hughes that has its US Premiere at DOC NYC this weekend. Now we check out the Pierre Cardin: Future Fashion at the Brooklyn Museum, the first New York retrospective in forty years to focus on the legendary couturier.
The Exhibit covers the whole breadth of Cardin’s extraordinary work with some over 170 pieces drawn from his atelier and archive, including historical and contemporary haute couture, prêt-à-porter, trademark accessories, “couture” furniture, lighting, fashion sketches, personal photographs, and excerpts from television, documentaries, and feature films
Cardin has too often been overlooked by diehard fashion purists who never recovered from the fact that he was the first Couturier to design a ready-to-wear collection (back in 1959) and who through his major licensing deals made his products available on a global scale. This celebration of his work is so long overdue
Pierre Cardin: Future Fashion is curated and designed by Matthew Yokobosky, Senior Curator of Fashion and Material Culture, Brooklyn Museum.
July 20, 2019–January 5, 2020
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/
P.S. You can check out Queerguru’s review of HOUSE OF CARDIN HERE
