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Exhibition: Woman By
date 31.01.2003 – 18.05.2003
location Centraal Museum
creation Centraal Museum (Museum)
curator Teunissen, José (Theory/Journalism)
url www.centraalmuseum.nl

text What do today’s fashion designers consider the epitome of femininity and seductiveness, and how important is that image of the ideal woman in their work?

This question was the point of discussion during the exhibition WOMAN held at Centraal Museum in Utrecht. Nine internationally renowned fashion designers; Viktor & Rolf, John Galliano, Vivienne Westwood, Veronique Leroy, Ann Demeulemeester, Bernard Willhelm, Martin Margiela, Junya Watanabe and Hussein Chalayan presented their version of twenty-first-century women.
All of them of course have a different vision on the subject and therefore displayed their point of views through different installations. Viktor & Rolf based their installation on their ‘Chroma-Key collection Autumn/Winter 2003’ and... [more]


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  1 © Freudenthal/Verhagen, design by Roosje Klap, 2 © Centraal Museum/Ernst Moritz, 3 Vivienne Westwood © Centraal Museum/Ernst Moritz, 4 Ann Demeulemeester © Centraal Museum/Ernst Moritz, 5 Bernhard Wilhelm © Centraal Museum/Ernst Moritz, 6 Christian Dior Couture by John Galliano © Centraal Museum/Ernst Moritz, 7 Maison Martin Margiela © Centraal Museum/Ernst Moritz, 8 Junya Watanabe © Centraal Museum/Ernst Moritz, 9 Viktor & Rolf © Centraal Museum/Ernst Moritz, 10 Hussein Chalayan © Centraal Museum/Ernst Moritz, 11 Veronique Leroy © Centraal Museum/Ernst Moritz, 12 John Galliano © Centraal Museum/Ernst Moritz

participants Ann Demeulemeester (Fashion Design)
Bernhard Willhelm (Fashion Design)
Hussein Chalayan (Fashion Design)
Maison Martin Margiela (Fashion Design)
Oscar Suleyman (Fashion Design)
VAN DRIMMELEN (Fashion Design)
contribution ArtEZ Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Arnhem (Educational Institution)
Fashion Institute Arnhem (Educational Institution)


Book
Teunissen, J. ; Brand, J. ; de Vries, A. ; Duyster, D.: The Ideal Woman. Amsterdam: SUN Publishers, 2004-02-01


Exhibition
2003 De Verleiding op Straat


source
Dutch Fashion Foundation

 
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