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\'I Do\' at Indiana Museum of Art
I Do
The Marriage of Fashion and Art
6.11.06–2.25.07
Paul Textile Arts Gallery and Paul Fashion Arts Gallery
http://www.ima-art.org/iDo.asp?SID=74668425D53C4E30972C252E24368B38
About the Exhibition
Wedding gowns, veils and other bridal attire and furnishings have been a traditional part of marriage rites in world cultures for hundreds of years. I Do, an exhibition opening June 11 in IMA's new galleries for textile and fashion arts, celebrates these important traditions. Fifteen Western wedding gowns—12 American and three European—will be displayed in the Paul Fashion Arts Gallery, and 30 wedding garments and other nuptial pieces from Asia and Africa will be shown in the Paul Textile Arts Gallery.
The Western gowns range from a silk damask dress made in Boston in 1837 to a Christian Lacroix "Wedding Cake" dress created in the late 1980s. The sumptuous materials used in the gowns include silk satin and silk chiffon, velvet, lace, crepe and taffeta. While some of these dresses were too ornate to be worn for other occasions, many had a life after the wedding, at evening receptions and formal parties.
Bridal attire from Asia and Africa—all made between the late 19th and mid-20th century—includes ensembles from China, a colorful Indonesian wrapper embroidered with shells and beads, several ensembles from India, a kaftan from Morocco, and a bridal skirt and train made by the Ndebele people of southern Africa..................
The Paul Fashion Arts and Paul Textile Arts Galleries are named for IMA donors Gerald and Dorit Paul. The Western gowns will be on view through April 22, 2007, and the Asian and African wedding garments will be on view through February 25, 2007
I Do
The Marriage of Fashion and Art
6.11.06–2.25.07
Paul Textile Arts Gallery and Paul Fashion Arts Gallery
http://www.ima-art.org/iDo.asp?SID=74668425D53C4E30972C252E24368B38
About the Exhibition
Wedding gowns, veils and other bridal attire and furnishings have been a traditional part of marriage rites in world cultures for hundreds of years. I Do, an exhibition opening June 11 in IMA's new galleries for textile and fashion arts, celebrates these important traditions. Fifteen Western wedding gowns—12 American and three European—will be displayed in the Paul Fashion Arts Gallery, and 30 wedding garments and other nuptial pieces from Asia and Africa will be shown in the Paul Textile Arts Gallery.
The Western gowns range from a silk damask dress made in Boston in 1837 to a Christian Lacroix "Wedding Cake" dress created in the late 1980s. The sumptuous materials used in the gowns include silk satin and silk chiffon, velvet, lace, crepe and taffeta. While some of these dresses were too ornate to be worn for other occasions, many had a life after the wedding, at evening receptions and formal parties.
Bridal attire from Asia and Africa—all made between the late 19th and mid-20th century—includes ensembles from China, a colorful Indonesian wrapper embroidered with shells and beads, several ensembles from India, a kaftan from Morocco, and a bridal skirt and train made by the Ndebele people of southern Africa..................
The Paul Fashion Arts and Paul Textile Arts Galleries are named for IMA donors Gerald and Dorit Paul. The Western gowns will be on view through April 22, 2007, and the Asian and African wedding garments will be on view through February 25, 2007
