ILLUSTRATED FASHION (WORKING TITLE)

until Sunday October 31 2010
Design Museum
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Shad Thames
SE1 2YD London
Great Britain

Press contact
Ashley Woodfield
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ashley@designmuseum.org
www.desvresmuseum.org

Illustrated Fashion presents a remarkable collection of some of the most recognisable fashion drawings from the 20th and 21st Century.

These original drawings define the fine art of illustrating fashion and will sit alongside key garments from couture houses that defined the different directions and avant-garde designs including Poiret, Chanel, Dior, but also Yamamoto, Comme des Garçons and Victor & Rolf.

The artists who produced these illustrations give each collection or look an emotive and stylistic sense of direction that at times even photography cannot emulate. The drawings reflect the spirit of the time and some have become graphic icons in their own right. This exhibition stresses the representation of key artists in their best period: Lepape at the beginning of the century, Gruauin the 40‘s and 50‘s, Antonio for the next decades, Mats Gustafson and Francois Berthoud sharing the front stage today.

The collection of drawings to be displayed are kindly lent to the Design Museum by
Joëlle Chariau, owner of Galerie Bartsch & Chariau based in Munich, Germany.