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THE NETHERLANDS / Utrecht: "FASHION, THE MUSICAL"
by Modem
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until Sunday November 30 2014

Centraal Museum Utrecht
T : +31 (0)30 2 362 362
Nicolaaskerkhof 10
3512 XC Utrecht
The Netherlands


centraalmuseum.nl


Fashion illustrator Piet Paris is guest curator for Centraal Museum. More than 150 items are selected by Piet Paris from the Centraal Museum collection and presented in a surprising manner: as scenes in a musical.

Taking the visitor from backstage and the red carpet to – eventually- the stage, he shows more than fifty looks by designers such as Comme des Garçons, Maison Martin Margiela, Iris van Herpen, Viktor & Rolf, but also 17th and 18th century costumes. Paris wants to show fashion in context, and not isolation. He combines fashion with objects, which he actually puts to use: ticking clocks, flower-filled vases and burning lights. He breaks the anonymity of the mannequin by giving each one a complete outfit, as well as a face drawn by the illustrator himself. Piet Paris literally brings the Centraal Museum collection to life.

© Modem