We were just chatting about fashion exhibitions yesterday. I was doing some research last night and discovered that there is another ENORMOUS exhibition opening in Paris today — running until the beginning of May. It is called (deep breath) Musée des arts Décoratifs’ “Histoire idéale de la mode contemporaine vol. 2 : 1990–2000″exhibit. Which I think we can roughly translate as the History of Contemporary Fashion: the 90s.
Considering I am off to a super-duper 90s party next weekend and am busy planning a costume, this struck my fancy. Maybe there will be ideas in all these iconic 90s looks?
The exhibit apparently begins with looks from the minimalists like Azzedine Alaïa, Yohji Yamamoto, Helmut Lang and Martin Margiela and ends with the more provocative and avant garde designs of people like John Galliano and Vivienne Westwood.
The Italian duo of Dolce and Gabanna have provided two looks to represent Italian fashion – pieces that are definitely more provocative. The first look is an embellished corset, made famous by Madonna when she wore it to the ’91 premiere of Truth or Dare in New York. The second piece is a corset armour dress from Spring ’07, worn famously by Lady Gaga. I am really not sure why a Gaga costume from this decade is relevant to a 90s exhibition, but I am going to just go with the flow. If anyone goes to see this — let us know what it is like!