HIGH STYLE

Exhibitions

The Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection is exhibited at the Legion of Honor. Almost a century of fashion creations! Gorgeous!

Gowns, accessories, and other looks by the most influential designers of the last one hundred years—including Chanel, Givenchy, Dior, and Charles James—trace the evolution of fashion in the 20th century.

These fashions worn by American women reflect the nation’s tastes and transformations during the decades between 1910 and 1980. Significant looks from French couture houses include designs by Jeanne Lanvin, Madeleine Vionnet, and the iconoclastic surrealist designer Elsa Schiaparelli. Additional attention is given to the pioneering generation of American women designers working in the 1930s through the 1950s, such as Bonnie Cashin, Elizabeth Hawes, and Claire McCardell, and their male counterparts, including Norman Norell, Mainbocher, and Gilbert Adrian.

Let's start with Jeanne Lanvin and her elegant, so feminine, so innovative creations.

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Then a whole room is dedicated to shoes and accessories. It is all about details and preciosity.

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And then some very symboic pieces of Dior, Chanel, YSL, Givenchy who definitely shaped and modeled fashion history with their art and style.

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Then, let's discover a different style with American women and men designers. It's colorful, ''flowerful'', sometimes casual, very elegant, so feminine.

At the end, a special focus is made on Charles James work. He was renowned as a master of cutting. His art is close to sculpture. Details, shapes, volumes are stunning for party and evening dresses that Cinderella would have adopted!