This exihibit will provide the rare opportunity to see more than 50 of the greatest couture treasures from the Museum's collection. The exhibition will feature Gilded Age gowns by Worth and Pingat as well as modern masterpieces by Chanel and Versace. The exhibition is a testimony to Chicago women of style who supported innovative fashion designers in the hope of claiming Chicago as chic. Fashion, they believed, was the most dramatic way to re-imagine Chicago as a sophisticated and cultured city. By purchasing and wearing couture fashion, these women aspired to overcome the city's image as a gritty, industrial, working-class metropolis and its negative reputations as hog butcher to the world, gangland, and the second city. The exhibition will display some of the most significant pieces that helped shape fashion history.www.chicagohistory.org/planavisit/exhibitions/chic-chicago
Slideshow of the couture dresses:
Dates:
September 27, 2008–July 26, 2009
1913 Paul Poiret
Black and White silk satin with glass bead embroidery. Worn by Miss Anita Blair at the debut ball of Gladys High. This was the first couture dress designed for an uncorseted figure.
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