Women dressing women: a lineage of female fashion design

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"The Costume Institute's fall 2023 exhibition will explore the creativity and artistic legacy of women fashion designers from The Met's permanent collection, tracing a lineage of makers from the turn of the twentieth century to the present day by highlighting celebrated designers, new voices, and forgotten histories alike. Women Dressing Women will feature the work of over seventy womenswear designers, spanning ca. 1910 to today, including French haute couture from houses such as Jeanne Lanvin, Elsa Schiaparelli, and Madeleine Vionnet, to American makers like Ann Lowe, Claire McCardell, and Isabel Toledo, along with contemporary designs by Iris van Herpen, Rei Kawakubo, Anifa Mvuemba, and Simone Rocha."--Metropolitan Museum of Art website.

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Sponsor's statement -- Directors' foreword -- Preface / Andrew Bolton -- Women dressing women : a lineage of female fashion design / Mellissa Huber and Karen Van Godtsenhoven -- Artistry and anonymity : defining women's role in women's fashion (ca. 1675-1900) / Jessica Regan -- A constellation of comets and shooting stars : new visibility for women in fashion (ca. 1900-1968) / Mellissa Huber -- Moving horizons : agency, identity, and the poetics of women designers (ca. 1968-present) / Karen Van Godtsenhoven -- Absence/omission : Black American women fashion makers / Elizabeth Way -- Anonymity -- Visibility -- Agency -- Absence/Omission -- Genealogy of women designers -- Checklist -- Selected bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Credits