The 1970’s filtering into the 80’s was and still is an important decade in fashion introducing us to the designer lifestyle and brand conglomerates. Thus, to highlight this momentous era, from February 6 through April 18, The Museum at FIT celebrates a union of two brilliant designers never compared it quite this fashion. The Fashion Institute of Design’s latest exhibition, entitled, Yves St. Laurent + Halston, is a juxtaposition of two designer icons in one amazing presentation.
Article: Kelly Millions
These two style mavericks are well known for leading the pack in modernizing style. They broke traditional rules of dressing that paved the way for new ideas and lifestyles. FIT museum has the largest and most comprehensive archive of Halston and many of the Yves St. Laurent pieces were donated by some of fashion’s biggest influencers including Lauren Bacall, Marina Schiano and Tina Chow to name a few.
The exhibition is a comprehensive review of a total of approximately 80 ensembles and 20 accessories all arranged to evoke the dynamic themes of change significant in fashion at that time.
Modern lifestyles and ways of dressing that we experience today are greatly attributed to the accomplishments of designers such as Halston and Yves St. Laurent whom introduced women to liberty that defined a sign of the times that is still influential today.
Yves St. Laurent + Halston is organized by Patricia Mears, deputy director of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, and Emma McClendon, assistant curator of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology.
The exhibition will be on view from February 6 through April 18, 2015.
Museum hours: Tuesday- Friday, noon- 8 pm; Saturday, 10 am – 5 pm. Closed Sunday, Monday, and legal holidays.
Admission is Free