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Category Archives: Museum Exhibitions
The Collectors – a visit with Lizzie Bramlett
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
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
An Old Fashioned museum – Huronia Museum, Midland, Ontario
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
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
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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Montreal in two days and six exhibitions – Exhibits 4, 5 & 6 in Old Montreal
Day two in Montreal was spent walking until chafed — mostly in Old Montreal. This historic area is a strange mix of beautiful architecture and tourist hell. Many buildings are empty of tenants and endless shops of ‘Canadian’ art and … Continue reading
Montreal in two days and six exhibitions – Exhibits 2 & 3 – Musee des Beaux Arts
The Musee des Beaux Arts has created some phenomenal fashion exhibitions in the past. This is where the amazing Yves St. Laurent retrospective was launched in 2008, as well as where the Jean Paul Gaultier exhibition was conceived and began … Continue reading
Montreal in two days and six exhibitions – Exhibit 1 – Fashioning Expo 67
When the possibility for a few days away could be pried out of the summer schedule, Montreal came up tops as a destination. I especially wanted to see Fashioning Expo 67 because the FHM had loaned a couple of garments … Continue reading
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Tagged 1967, Canada, Centennial
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A visit to the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum
The Mississippi Valley Textile Museum (MVTM) is located in an 1860s woollen mill in Almonte, Ontario, (west of Ottawa.) The museum preserves early machinery, local mill history, and early Canadian textile history. Before I go any further let’s clear up … Continue reading
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Window Dressing or Museum exhibition?
I am not one to criticize French taste – I usually hold it in the highest regard. However, the current Dior exhibition in Paris is making me think that maybe they don’t always get it right. A trend has been … Continue reading
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