Museum of Arts and Design to Host Major Retrospective of American Fashion Designer Anna Sui
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Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) in New York will host a major retrospective of the American Fashion Designer Anna Sui titled “The World of Anna Sui” from September 12, 2019, through February 23, 2020.“The World of Anna Sui” is scheduled to open durinMuseum of Arts and Design to Host Major Retrospective of American Fashion Designer Anna Sui
Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) in New York will host a major retrospective of the American Fashion Designer Anna Sui titled “The World of Anna Sui” from September 12, 2019, through February 23, 2020.“The World of Anna Sui” is scheduled to open during New York Fashion Week and features75 looks from the designer’s archive. The archives are taken from her inaugural fashion show of 1991 to her Spring 2019 collection. The works on view highlight Sui’s creative process and influences that contribute to her signature aesthetic sensibility.Sui is one of New York City’s well-known fashion designers. She is known for creating contemporary original clothing that are inspired by in-depth research into vintage styles, cultural arcana, art history, graphic design, European and Asian decorative arts, and film, among others.She started working during the 1970s New York’s creative cultural underground and forged lasting relationships in the worlds of fashion, photography, art, music, and design. Sui is also one of the founding voices of the Save the Garment Center movement.The exhibition is arranged thematically is driven by Sui’s 13 design archetypes — Rock Star, Schoolgirl, Punk, Nomad, and Surfer, to name a few. These are influenced by several concepts including French interior designer and antiques dealer Madeleine Castaing, the London boutique Biba, pirates, pre-Raphaelite maidens, Yves Saint Laurent, and Minnie Mouse.Sui’s eclectic career and her creative processes are illuminated by the garments, sketches, mood boards, videos of runway presentations, and cultural ephemera on view.“A prolific storyteller, Anna weaves together popular and little-known visual references every season creating singular looks that are unmistakably Anna. Throughout the exhibition, you see evidence of her vast knowledge of music, movies, interior design, books, time periods, graphic design, art movements, fashion, and photography,” said Barbara Paris Gifford, Assistant Curator at MAD. “The World of Anna Sui” starts in the museum’s lobby, what invites the viewers is a to-scale installation of Dean “Chooch” Landry’s illustration of the original Anna Sui flagship store in New York’s SoHo neighborhood. One encounters the world that the designer has created in the galleries. The milieu of Sui’s archetypes, runway fashion shows, and behind-the-scenes development of the accessories and accoutrement that complete these fashion shows.Illuminating Sui’s creative process are mood boards from her Fall 2019 “Poptimistic” collection, direct from the designer’s studio. Hallmark outfits from her collections are also part of the show from the “Backless Chaps” worn by Naomi Campbell in the Fall 1992 runway show to the “Silver Peruvian Ensemble” from Spring 1994 to one of the iconic “Babydoll Dresses” worn by Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, and Christy Turlington.The museum is also organizing a cinema series in collaboration with Sui’s niece, filmmaker and fashion photographer Jeannie Sui Wonders. It features films that have served as significant sources of inspiration for the Anna Sui collections represented in the galleries.The exhibition opens on September 12, 2019, and runs through February 23, 2020, at the Museum of Arts and Design, 2 Columbus Cir, New York, NY 10019, USA.For details, visit: https://www.blouinartinfo.com/galleryguide/museum-of-arts-and-design/overviewClick on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition. https://www.blouinartinfo.com/ Founder: Louise Blouin Read more