Category Archives: Museum Exhibitions

Camping It Up On The First Monday In May

Posted on 2019-05-07 by Jonathan

Last night’s Met gala event for their latest exhibition ‘camp’ was all about being ‘extra’ — tacky, over-the-top, cheesy, artificial, tasteless, ostentatious, exaggerated, and probably gender and age inappropriate… Needless to say, the fashions worn on the red carpet were … Continue reading →

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Dressing Toronto – November 1-30

Posted on 2018-11-03 by Jonathan

We just opened Dressing Toronto in conjunction with Myseum at the Toronto Media Arts Centre (location and opening times below). The show surveys some of the sources from where Torontonians acquired their clothing over the past 150 years. The selection of … Continue reading →

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PD Day in Toronto – Part Three – Italian Surprise

Posted on 2018-05-31 by Jonathan

On our way back from the ROM we cut through Yorkville Village (formerly known as Hazleton Lanes), to get to our car, and discovered an exhibition of 60 years of Italian Fashion in the main rotunda. I had heard nothing … Continue reading →

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PD Day in Toronto – Part Two – Iris Van Herpen

Posted on 2018-05-31 by Jonathan

After leaving the Aga Khan at 6:10, we drove 40 minutes south to the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), arriving with a few minutes to spare for the 7:00 start of an event featuring Iris Van Herpen (pronounced Eeris Van Hairpen) … Continue reading →

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PD Day in Toronto – Part One – The Aga Khan Museum

Posted on 2018-05-31 by Jonathan

Yesterday started off with me cracking a tooth on a piece of 12 grain toast (so much for whole grains being good for you…) After a trip into Toronto for emergency dental work, we had the rest of the day … Continue reading →

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The Collectors – a visit with Lizzie Bramlett

Posted on 2018-04-09 by Jonathan

About 16 years ago I met Sharon Elizabeth “Lizzie” Bramlett online through the Vintage Fashion Guild, and I have been an avid follower of her posts and blog, The Vintage Traveller, ever since. Kenn and I were especially delighted to meet up … Continue reading →

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The Devil Wears Bata — Sonja Bata 1926-2018

Posted on 2018-02-23 by Jonathan

Nineteen years ago today I left the Bata Shoe Museum. The reasons I left came flooding back when I heard that Sonja Bata died two days ago at the age of 91. In 2006 I saw the movie The Devil … Continue reading →

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An Old Fashioned museum – Huronia Museum, Midland, Ontario

Posted on 2018-02-02 by Jonathan

A while back we visited the Huronia Museum in Midland, Ontario. It was an unexpected treat because it’s an old fashioned museum – and I mean that in a nice way. It’s not all push buttons and dioramas with cut-out … Continue reading →

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MOMA’s take on fashion

Posted on 2017-10-13 by Jonathan

Is Fashion Modern? is MOMA’s first foray into a fashion exhibition since their 1944 exhibition Are Clothes Modern? While their 1944 exhibition, curated by Bernard Rudofsky, focussed on the meaning of dress as an aspect of human subconscious expression governed by habit, … Continue reading →

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Exhibition: Mode Canada 150 September 13 – October 27

Posted on 2017-09-13 by Jonathan

The FHM Pops Up in Toronto with an exhibition for Mode Canada 150 – Then, Now, Next. Fifty garments from the FHM are currently on display in the new Yorkville Village in downtown Toronto (second floor overlooking Whole Foods). We … Continue reading →

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