Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Exploring the 90s

Looks by Ann Demeulemeester, Photo By Dominique Maitre for Women's Wear Daily

It seems apropos that #why90srocked is a trending topic today on Twitter because “An Ideal History of Contemporary Fashion, Vol.2” opened today at the Les Arts Decoratifs in Paris.

The exhibition focuses on nineties style and includes a strong showing from the Belgians, the Japanese, the Brits, and the French. According to Women's Wear Daily, "
single creations by Margiela, Issey Miyake and Alaia form the central backbone of the ground floor display."

It's exciting to hear that a curator is tackling such an interesting but misunderstood fashion decade of recent past. The curator, Olivier Saillard, is quoted about the Nineties saying, "that luxury was not necessarily synonymous with ostentation but rather experimentation and research, a kind of laboratory.”

For more:
Back to the Nineties at Les Arts Decoratifs, WWD.com

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