Diane Von Furstenberg Journey Of A Dress Exhibition

There are items that, through the time, not only become iconic but make fashion history.
Diane Von Furstenberg signature wrap-dress is one of these. A dress which is suitable for every kind of body type, that immediately makes us feel classy and ready for every occasion. A dress which has been worn by thousands of women, hundreds of celebrities, that was painted in every kind of colour and experimented all types of patterns.
A dress which turned forty this year.
And It was a huge celebration: in Los Angeles, at LACMA Museum, with an exhibition that, before open to the public from January 11th, was celebrated with a beautiful event. An army of mannequins, all wearing the wrap-dress.
Hundreds of photos and art pieces of these epic forty years. And her, Diane Von Furstenberg in person, to make us all feel at home. Ready to celebrate the dress that changed the rules of fashion.

Fashion meets Art-part 2

Society takes peculiar measures when burdened with high taxes: Some throw tea into the harbor while others take to touring the town on horseback in the nude. The latter, of course, being the method employed by Lady Godiva, the 11th-century noblewomen whose husband would only relinquish the oppressive taxes he imposed on his people if his wife bared all on bareback. (And who could forget the brand of chocolates named in her honor?)

While the legitimacy of this fable has been questioned, it has nonetheless become the subject of countless paintings and sculptures, most notably, John Collier’s 19th-century rendition, ca. 1897. In Collier’s Pre-Raphaelite painting, a modest Lady Godiva sits atop a white horse, her brilliant red hair her only shield against possible voyeurs or a Peeping Tom — the town tailer who, as legend has it, took a peek at the clothes-less Lady Godiva.

In 2000, a fresh-faced Gisele Bündchen was photographed by Walter Chin for Vanity Fair’s January spotlight on the young model. Undoubtedly inspired by the legendary tale, Chin photographed Gisele nude and perched on a white horse for the story, “Unbridled Beauty.”

Lady Godiva by John Collier, ca. 1897. Housed at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum

Gisele Bündchen by Walter Chin for Vanity Fair January, 2000.