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“Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology” in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Karl Lagerfeld for House of Chanel. Wedding ensemble (back view) autumn-winter 2014–15 haute couture. Photo © Nicholas Alan Cope
Karl Lagerfeld for House of Chanel. Wedding ensemble (back view) autumn-winter 2014–15 haute couture. Photo © Nicholas Alan Cope
Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel. Suit 1963–68 haute couture. Photo © Nicholas Alan Cope
Karl Lagerfeld for House of Chanel. Ensemble autumn-winter 2015–16 haute couture. Photo © Nicholas Alan Cope
Yves Saint Laurent .Evening dress autumn-winter 1969–70 haute couture. Photo © Nicholas Alan Cope
Iris van Herpen. Dress autumn-winter 2013–14 haute couture. Photo © Nicholas Alan Cope
Iris van Herpen. Ensemble spring-summer 2010 haute couture. Photo © Nicholas Alan Cope
Raf Simons for House of Dior. Ensemble spring-summer 2015 haute couture. Photo © Nicholas Alan Cope
Issey Miyake for Miyake Design Studio. “Flying Saucer” dress, spring-summer 1994. Photo © Nicholas Alan Cope
Christian Dior. “Vilmiron” dress spring-summer 1952 haute couture. Photo © Nicholas Alan Cope
Christopher Kane. Комплект spring-summer 2014. Photo © Nicholas Alan Cope
Hussein Chalayan. “Kaikoku” floating dress autumn-winter 2011–12. Photo © Nicholas Alan Cope
Nicolas Ghesquière. Balenciaga. Dress spring-summer 2003. Photo © Nicholas Alan Cope
Iris van Herpen. Dress spring-summer 2012 haute couture. Photo © Nicholas Alan Cope
Karl Lagerfeld. Chanel. Wedding ensemble autumn-winter 2005–6 haute couture. Photo © Nicholas Alan Cope
The Costume Institute’s new exhibition “Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology” in The Metropolitan Museum of Art explores how fashion designers of different époques integrate the handmade and the machine-made in the creation of haute couture and avant-garde ready-to-wear. The display with more than 150 ensembles dating from the early 20th century created with traditional embroidery, artificial flowers and lacework up to the present garments with innovative processes, such as 3D printing and computer modeling debunks some mythologies around craft and technology in fashion.
Andrew Bolton, the exhibition’s curator, says that “It’s the first time that fashion and manual labour was elevated to the same status as arts and sciences…”
The exhibition “Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology” is on display till August 14.
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