Celebrating its 60th anniversary, the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) has launched its first metaverse fashion exhibition, titled Fashioning the Shades of American Design.
Curated by fashion historian and Assistant Curator of Fashion at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Darnell-Jamal Lisby, the exhibition features 60 revolutionary looks from CFDA’s six decades. Offering a snapshot of significant contributions to American fashion in virtual reality, Fashioning the Shades of American Design documents more than half a century of style under five pillars: Illuminating a Fantasy, Illuminating Romance, Illuminating the Avant-garde, Illuminating Understanding, and Illuminating the Soul. .
Among the myriad of industry-changing looks on display, the CFDA digitally revitalizes Stephen Burrows’ iconic lettuce-hem dress from the 1973 Battle of Versailles and Dapper Dan’s custom looks for Eric B & Rakim in the 1970s. 1980. In addition, the exhibition highlights a signature ensemble from Marc Jacobs’ acclaimed Perry Ellis Spring 1993 collection, a classic Anna Sui silhouette from Fall 2000, and a masculine crinoline design from newly appointed President Thom Browne’s Spring 2020 collection.
The exhibition opening comes after the CFDA launched a collection of one-by-one exclusive NFTs titled “Lighting the Way for American Fashion.” Within the blockchain-backed range, the trade association offered seven experiential NFTs in collaboration with Coach, Diane von Furstenberg, Michael Kors, Tommy Hilfiger, Vivienne Tam, Wes Gordon for Carolina Herrera, and Willy Chavarria.
CFDA’s Fashioning the Shades of American Design exhibition is now open at The Sandbox.
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