“Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology”
These days we’ve lost focus on the actual talent, skill and craft that it takes to create couture fashion and are focused on the marketing and social media powers instead. This exhibit turns the wheel on these 2016 visions and is hyper focused on the process of making these exquisite fashion pieces. It truly explores the relationship between the handmade and the mechanized in fashion.
One of the most interesting parts is the layout of the exhibit, the galleries are divided tenets of design outlined in Diderot’s 1751 Encyclopedia: embroidery, feather work, artificial flowers, lacework, leatherwork, pleating, tailoring and dressmaking.
It is about workmanship; this is an exhibition for true fashion lovers.
Anna Wintour in Chanel Haute Couture
Taylor Swift in a snakeskin mini by Louis Vuitton
Lauren Santo Domingo in Giambattista Valli
Carolyn Murphy in custom Oscar de la Renta
Rita Ora in custom Vera Wang
Nicole Kidman in Alexander McQueen
Katy Perry in a velvet gown by Prada
Alicia Vikander in a Louis Vuitton mini dress
Blake Lively in blush Burberry
Jessica Chastain in a Sapphire Prada dress
Bee Shaffer in a dark floral Alexander McQueen gown
Beyonce in a latex Givenchy gown by Riccardo Tisci
Claire Danes in a Cinderella-worthy Zac Posen ballgown trimmed with LED Lights
