American High Style: Fashioning a National Collection

Tuesday, Jan 5 2010 06:59 | Fashion Industry | Permalink

American High Style: Fashioning a National Collection will include some 85 masterworks from the newly established Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and mark the first time in more than two decades that a large-scale survey drawn from the Brooklyn Museum's pre-eminent collection will be on public view.

American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity, the first at the Metropolitan Museum to be drawn from the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection, will be on view at the Met from May 5 through August 15, 2010.

The Brooklyn exhibition will present works dating from the mid-19th century to the late 20th century, augmented by a selection of accessories, drawings, sketches, and other fashion-related materials. It will include creations that were milestones in the collection's acquisition history, many of which were gifts from leaders of fashion and major donors to the Brooklyn Museum.

The exhibition is organized by Jan Glier Reeder, Consulting Curator for the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and coordinated by Kevin Stayton, Chief Curator of the Brooklyn Museum. It includes works that have never been on public view, as well as many that have not been displayed in more than 20 years. A simultaneous exhibition,

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Fashion Forward

Tuesday, Jan 5 2010 06:57 | Fashion Industry | Permalink

The British Fashion Council’s (BFC) support scheme Fashion Forward was established three years ago to provide funding for talented emerging British designers. This second stage scheme was introduced to give a further tier of support for the most promising designers as they emerged from NEWGEN.

The award consists of a financial prize, to be used towards producing an on-schedule catwalk show at London Fashion Week, along with access to business support, which provides them with knowledge required to further develop their businesses.

This season’s recipients, despite being relatively new businesses, will have already garnered a following of international influencers and are sold in directional stores and boutiques here in the UK and internationally. Previous winners include Christopher Kane, Erdem and Marios Schwab, Giles Deacon, Jonathan Saunders and Richard Nicoll.

Caroline Rush, Joint Chief Executive of the British Fashion Council commented, “The British Fashion Council’s Fashion Forward scheme plays a key role in building designer brands in London. Last season’s winners were amongst the London based designers who led the world fashion media headlines for their innovation. The BFC is proud to continue to offer support to outstanding British designers”.

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