Posted in Art le 1 October 2013
For fashion lovers, list of great exhibitions this autumn
Azzedine Alaïa at the Musée Galliera
catalogue expo Alaia ©ParisMusées
September 28th - January 26th
10 avenuePierre 1er de Serbie, 75116 Paris
Everyday except Tuesdays 12:00pm to 9:00pm
Don't miss this expo that everyone has been raving about in the newly renovated museum Galliera. Alaia's figure hugging dresses have been highly sought after since the 80s. Over seventy pieces of the iconic designer's creations are presented in the galleries and the beautiful Matisse room.
"Virgule, etc… in the footsteps of Roger Vivier" at the Palais de Tokyo
©palaisdetokyo
October 2nd to November 18th
13 avenue du Président Wilson, 75116 Paris
Everyday except Tuesdays 12:00pm to 9:00pm
The expo pays tribute to the legendary shoe designer Roger Vivier. You will be able to admire close to 140 shoe creations from the stilletto in 1954, to the comma shaped virgule in 1963. Alongside the shoes, the exhibition includes drawings and collages by Vivier and sketches by Frisoni.
www.palaisdetokyo.com
Blumenfeld at the Jeu de Paume
©blumenfeld
October 15th to January 26th
1 place de la Concorde, 75008 Paris
Tuesday: 11am – 9pm Wednesday - Sunday 7pm
Closed Mondays
Blumenfeld is one of the 20th century greatest fashion photographer and a creative genius. It is the first retrospective devoted to him with over 200 works from the late 1910s to the 1960s.
http://www.jeudepaume.org
"La Mécanique des dessous" at the Musée des Arts Decoratifs
Les Arts Décoratifs©Patricia Canino
August 29th-November 24th
107, rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris
Open every day from 11am to 6pm except Late opening on Thursdays 9 pm
See our previous post here
http://www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr/
"The Novel of a wardrobe: Parisian chic from the Belle Epoque to the 1930s" at the Musée Carnavalet
©muséecarnavalet
October 17th-March 16th
23, rue de Sévigné, 75003 Paris
Open every day from 10am to 6pm except Mondays.
You will see the remarkable wardrobe of Alice Alleaume chief saleswomen from 1912 to 1923 of the couture house Chéruit. Dresses by Chéruit, Worth and Lanvin, evening shoes by Hellstern, hats by Alphonsine, Marcelle Demay, evening headbands by Rose Descat, jewellery – and much more.
http://www.carnavalet.paris.fr/