New York Fashion NowVictoria and Albert Museum, London
In New York Fashion, the companion volume for the exhibit at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Sonnet Stanfill argues that it's a diverse, emerging generation of New York designers who will determine our taste for years to come. “Their forte: fashionable, dressy sportswear.” A curator at the V&A, Ms. Stanfill is writing for her fellow Brits, who might feel the need to hop over the pond and use their bargain-buying power.
The historical context is the emergence of the independent American woman: New York’s rise as the fashion epicenter of the mid-20th century can be traced to increasingly liberated women-in college and in the workforce-demanding clothes appropriate to their daily activities. New York fashion, according to Ms. Stanfill, is episodic.
New York Fashion Now captures this significant moment of design productivity, both within the city's mainstream fashion culture and outside it. The twenty featured start-up stories provide insight into how so many young hopefuls have prevailed at this particular moment.
17 April - 23 September 2007 Free admission, room 40...V&A Museum
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