American High Style at The Brooklyn Art Museum
AUTHOR Eliza Starbuck
The Bright Young Things Street Team went looking for some fashion inspiration at The Brooklyn Museum of Art, “American High Style” Exhibit.
The show consists of approximately eighty-five dressed mannequins and a selection of hats, shoes, sketches, and other fashion-related material.
Covetable shoes
The shoes where INCREDIBLE! For anyone with a shoe fetish, this show is a must see.
The exhibition is organized in groups representing the most important strengths of the collection.
There were pieces by the first generation of American women designers such as Bonnie Cashin, Elizabeth Hawes, and Claire McCardell, as well as material created by Charles James, Norman Norell, Gilbert Adrian, and other important American designers.
Also included are works by French designers who had an important influence on American women and fashion, such as Charles Frederick Worth, Elsa Schiaparelli, Jeanne Lanvin, Jeanne Paquin, Madeleine Vionnet, and Christian Dior.
Elsa Schaiparelli Butterfly Dress
