contemporary fashion archive

date	24.04.2003 – 10.08.2003
location	MoMu
creation	MoMu - Modemuseum Provincie Antwerpen (Museum)
curator	Verhelst, Bob (Artistic Direction)
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Traditionally, the pattern is regarded as a technical drawing or design that, in the context of the museum, is only interesting for research purposes. Fashion museums, in their acquisition and exhibition policies, focus primarily on the end product -the item of clothing- while the pattern is rarely displayed, let alone acquired or purchased.
Clothing is produced for a body and it largely determines the corporeal images that typify an era. In the context of the fashion museum, however, the body is a priori excluded. Instead, fashion museums use mannequins to create the illusion of a body. In this manner, they also create an artefact, an arteficial representation that, at best, refers to what fashion is and can be. MoMu, too, uses dummies and mannequins to... [more]

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1 © De Waal, Koen ; Haider Ackermann , Collection A/W 2002/2003, 2 © De Waal, Koen ; Angelo Figus, Collection A/W 2000/2001, 3 © MoMu/Ludion ; Exhibition Catalogue, 4 © MoMu/Ludion ; Exhibition Catalogue, 5 © MoMu/Ludion ; Exhibition Catalogue ; Photos: Nicole Tran Ba Vang, 6 © MoMu/Ludion ; Exhibition Catalogue, 7 © MoMu/Ludion ; Exhibition Catalogue

participants	A.F. Vandevorst (Fashion Design) Ann Demeulemeester (Fashion Design) Haider Ackermann (Fashion Design) Hussein Chalayan (Fashion Design) Veronique Branquinho (Fashion Design) Walter Van Beirendonck (Fashion Design)
contribution	Boudens, Paul (Graphic Design)

Book

Debo, Kaat ; Verhelst, Bob: Patronen = Patterns. Gent: Ludion, 2003-01-01

Media Coverage

Tamagawa, Misako ; (Photo) Masatoshi, Uenaka: Travaux des maîtres. Japan: So-en, 2003-10-01

s.n.: Modepatronen. Rijswijk: Kunstbeeld, 2003-08-01

Scholliers, Sofie: Patronen : de geboorte van een kledingstuk. Brussel: Het Laatste Nieuws, 2003-04-29

Cugnon, Gisèle: Le MoMu révèle la face cachée de la couture. Paris: Journal du textile, 2003-04-28

Hering, Fiona: Kleding ontleed tot op het bot. Amsterdam: De Telegraaf, 2003-04-28

Windels, Veerle: Het recept van de ontwerper. Groot-Bijgaarden: De Standaard, 2003-04-28

Vlerick, Katia: Het patroon als link tussen lichaam en kledingstuk. Antwerpen: De Financieel Economische Tijd, 2003-04-26

Ine Renson, Ine: Patronenmaaksters : Mode op papier. Roeselare: Weekend Knack - Mode dit is Belgisch, 2003-03-01

Brands, Maurits: Kostuum, mode, magie en musea. Amsterdam: Link, 2003-03-01

source
Flanders Fashion Institute FFI

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