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Metropolitan Museum of Art recently held a lecture entitled “American Women: shaping the national identity” Fashion Show. Through the clothing, we take a look at “American Fashion” in the end is what?
For centuries, have completely changed the meaning of fashion, from the earliest supply only the high nobility to enjoy handmade products, today everyone can buy into mass production of clothing. Paris had long occupied the center of the fashion industry, and New York gradually replaced from the end of last century, one important reason is the fashion of ordinary people. The next wave of rage? The same as the presidential election, everyone can participate in the decision. Precisely because of this, than the evil French beauty, the United States is always a classic style icon with classic American values, while the brilliant but also looks a little incentive to behave.
This May 5, the annual American Fashion Institute of the Arts Festival has kicked off the year. The theme of last year, “Muse’s model as” very different, the protagonist of this exhibition is a huge crowd – “American Women: Shaping National Identity.”
An exhibition period of three months, major exhibits from the Brooklyn Museum recently transferred to the Metropolitan Museum of clothing. All collections totaled 235,000 items, a good display of the 19th century to 20th century American fashion, which also included Charles James, senior custom clothing. As the Brooklyn Museum of belt-tightening year after year, before the show in this cooperation, a large part of them away from the public eye for 30 years.
In line with the distribution of clothes shop put the breath of exhibition themes, Gap design director Patrick Robinson, the United States Oprah Oprah Winfrey and the U.S. version of “Vogue” editor Anna Wintour was on May 3 with a night of charity party at the festival host. Robinson that, Gap, “Vogue” and the Metropolitan Museum of Art chose a perfect time for the perfect cooperation. “Gap is part of American tradition, especially in terms of modern women.”
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