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Start Date 23 March 1973. End Date 30 June 1973. Venue Metropolitan Museum of Art. Location New York, USA. Curator Diana Vreeland. 20th Century. Design. Fashion History. Survey. Cristobal Balenciaga was the true son of a strong country filled with style, vibrant color, and a fine history.
Then, in that spring of 1973, Diana Vreeland joined The Metropolitan Museum of Art as Special Consultant to The Costume Institute, and almost immediately, literally from the very first of her legendary exhibitions, "The World of Balenciaga," a large and enthusiastic audience discovered costume, not only in New York but around the world as well.
9 de dic. de 1993 · Then, in that spring of 1973, Diana Vreeland joined The Metropolitan Museum of Art as Special Consultant to The Costume Institute, and almost immediately, literally from the very first of her legendary exhibitions, “The World of Balenciaga,” a large and enthusiastic audience discovered costume, not only in New York but around the ...
25 de ene. de 2013 · By the time Ms. Vreeland’s Balenciaga retrospective opened at the Met in March of 1973, the designer already seemed to belong to nostalgia’s attic.
Under her guidance and patronage, the Costume Institute would launch several spectacular exhibits that attracted the social elite and received high profile publicity. Among her Costume Institute triumphs were "The World of Balenciaga" in 1972 and "Romantic and Glamorous Hollywood Design" in 1974.
Diana Vreeland’s museum shows have suggested to curators a greater freedom in their approach to the display of fashion, thereby “involving” another protagonist: the visitor.
This proud, stately gown heavily encrusted with jet beads reveals Balenciaga's Spanish influences. Its monumentality is enhanced by a prominent bustle, a silhouette that references the 1880s.
