Happy Friday, Glamazons! We have this awesome special guest post from our friends over at uzeeum.com that contains 5 fashionable museum exhibits you should probably visit this weekend…or even some other weekend soon when you find yourself in the New York area with absolutely nothing to do. Uzeeum.com will launch soon and will be the place for you to visit if you are seeking one spot that features everything you need to know about museums in NYC. Until then, we are super stoked that they shared this #GLAMAZONSAPPROVED list. Check them out and let us know which ones you plan on visiting!
Hi Glamazons!
I was so delighted when my friends, Glamazon Andrea and Jessica, asked me to put together a specially curated list of fashion exhibits that would appeal to their glamorous and intellectually curious readers. My soon-to-launch company, Uzeeum, will offer a one stop shop to help art, science, culture AND fashion aficionados plan their museum visits.
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In the meantime, I am so happy to pass along all the great information that we are gathering by researching, monitoring and visiting museums every single day!
Halston, woman’s costume for Tangled Night, 1986, lent by Martha Graham Dance Company. Photograph © The Museum at FIT
Exhibit: Dance and Fashion
Twitter: #DanceFashion
Cost: Free
Available until: January 3, 2015
Admission to the Museum at FIT is always FREE but if for some reason you can’t make it to the Dance and Fashion exhibit in person, you can always view the gorgeous online collection which features costumes from Gaultier and Versace among many others.
Many people that I speak with are surprised to learn that the Fashion Institute of Technology, nestled in Chelsea and a world away from Museum Mile, houses one of the few fashion-focused museums that can be found across the entire globe. Over 100,000 visitors per year are drawn to both the museum’s permanent collection, which features over 50,000 pieces with labels like Balenciaga, Chanel and Dior. It also features regularly updated exhibits that focus on fashion-forward themes. Fashionistas planning an upcoming visit to the museum are sure to be delighted by the Dance and Fashion exhibit, which delves into the mutually-inspiring relationship between these two art forms and includes the works of Rodarte, Givenchy and Halston.
2. Killer Heels: The Art of the High-Heeled Shoe
Exhibit: Killer Heels: The Art of the High-Heeled Shoe
Twitter: #KillerHeels
Cost: $16
Available until: February 15, 2015
The #KillerHeels exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum made quite the splash back in September when it opened to rave reviews and since then has evolved into a popular Girls Night Out destination. The exhibit features a lushly curated collection of innovative and imaginative shoes from designers like Ferragamo, Vivienne Westwood, Manolo Blahnik and Christian Louboutin. A standout feature of Killer Heels and a growing trend amongst savvy museums is the thoughtful development of interactivity temptingly dangled to lure in visitors. Selfies are just the beginning for this exhibit which features daily free guided tours, a photo-op night on December 6th that invites guests to wear their own killer heels, and the opportunity for a one-on-one chat with the curator of the exhibit. See the website for the full list of related events. If oohing and ahhhing over all the #KillerHeels gets you a little parched, the award-winning Saul Restaurant + Bar on the first floor of the Brooklyn Museum offers a delicious assortment of specialty cocktails sure to quench your thirst.
3. Death Becomes Her – A Century of Mourning Attire
Image copyright © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Exhibit: Death Becomes Her – A Century of Mourning Attire
Twitter: #DeathBecomesHer
Cost: $25
Available until: February 1, 2015
Pull together your best all-black-everything #OOTD to head over to this exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and you will feel like an extended member of the funeral party. The exquisite collection utilizes women’s clothing to highlight the interplay of high fashion and mourning during a period that spans the 19th and 20th centuries. The Costume Institute, home of the exhibit, and the beneficiary of the annual Met Gala (ya’ know the big red carpet throw down led by Anna Wintour) is an excellent place to begin any search for a museum visit that combines culture and fashion. The Institute’s permanent collection includes more than 35,000 costumes curated from “five continents and seven centuries of dress.”
4. Glittering World: Navajo Jewelry of the Yazzie Family
Blessings bracelet, Raymond C. Yazzie, 2002–3. Height, 1½ in. Collection of Daniel Hidding. Photo by Gregory R. Lucier, WindSong Studio, LLC
National Museum of the American Indian
Exhibit: Glittering World: Navajo Jewelry of the Yazzie Family
Twitter: #GlitteringWorld
Cost: FREE
Available until: January 10, 2016
Much more than just another pretty exhibit, the #GlitteringWorld collection at the National Museum of the American Indian highlights the importance of jewelry and its creation as a way for Navajos to communicate the “persistence of cultural values such as beauty, centering, and balance”. The exhibit will feature 300 pieces that are sure to satisfy your craving for turquoise, lapis lazuli and Southwest symbolism. Want a peek behind-the-scenes? The museum put together a beautiful video featuring the artists that focuses on their approach to design.
5. From Maryland to Murano – Neckpieces and Sculptures by Joyce J. Scott
Lava Lavender, ca. 2000: Glass beads, thread, glass, photographs, amethyst; Courtesy of Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Museum of Art and Design
Exhibit: Maryland to Murano
Twitter: #JoyceJScott
Cost: $16
Available until: March 15, 2015
Are you familiar with Ms. Joyce J. Scott? This regal black artist, also known as “The Queen of Beadwork,” once said: “I make jewelry to be worn. And if it tells about scary, icky subjects, then so much the better for the person who has the cojones to wear it in public.” Sounds like someone you want to check out, right? Scott takes the phrase “statement jewelry” to the next, next level, as her pieces, which include numerous types of media, offer in-your-face comments on race, gender and classism with names like ‘Sexecution’ and ‘Cuddly Black D*ck.’ This is one exhibit sure to leave you clutching your pearls and wishing they were just slightly more controversial.
Which exhibit are you planning to visit, NYC Glamazons? Tell us in the comments.
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