LIBERTY IN FASHION EXHIBITION AT THE FASHION AND TEXTILE MUSEUM
Liberty in Fashion
9 October 2015 - 28 February 2016
Fashion and Textile Museum
the 140th anniversary of our iconic store, Liberty in Fashion is the first major Liberty retrospective of the 21st century. At the cutting edge of design and the decorative arts since 1875, Liberty is celebrated throughout the world as a department store and for our distinctive textile prints.
Charting Liberty’s legacy as ‘the’ place to shop as well as the brand’s role in key trends from fashion history including Orientalism and Art Deco, the exhibition will also highlight the relationship between Liberty and brands such as Jean Muir, Cacharel, Yves Saint Laurent and Vivienne Westwood.
“From the earliest imports and Eastern influenced and artistic dress to present day collaborations, Liberty has occupied a unique place in British fashion. Every garment in the exhibition has been carefully chosen to enable the Museum to represent the incredible range of textile designs created by the firm as well as to present an argument about why Liberty is always ‘in fashion’”. – Dennis Nothdruft, Curator of Liberty in Fashion
Featuring over 150 ensembles and accessories, this exhibition will boast the largest number of historic Liberty artefacts since our centenary in 1975. Of the items on display, the oldest include a cape from the 1890s constructed form Chinese shawls, a Paul Poiret silk robe from the 1930s and a late 1960s Macedonia print dress. These archive pieces will sit alongside high profile contemporary collaborations including Vivienne Westwood and Nike.
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