Comfort, wellbeing and chic
20/12/2010
Top pieces by national and international designers and labels (Ann Salens, Vivienne Westwood, Sonia Rykiel, Missoni) historic couture pieces (Schiaparelli, Patou, Chanel) as well as more avant-garde and cutting-edge pieces by established designers and newcomers on the international fashion scene (Sandra Backlund, Maison Martin Margiela, Mark Fast), will sit side by side to reveal the richness and diversity of knitwear.
Historic pieces will present different technical and conceptual approaches to the art and craft of knitting. Ann Salens, a famous Antwerp designer from the 1970s, will receive a special homage as part of the exhibition in the form of installations by contemporary Antwerp-based knitwear designers.
The exhibition will address the important decades of knitwear in fashion, demonstrating knitwear’s popularity both on and off the catwalk, and unravelling the changing status of the relationship between knitwear and fashion. It will showcase the various roles knitwear has played in social and fashion revolutions and will address knitwear’s association with comfort, wellbeing and chic.
With Unravel: Knitwear in Fashion, MoMu and Woolmark will challenge “certain established ideas” and show that far from being old-fashioned and dowdy, knitting is highly versatile, luxurious and a continuing source of inspiration for high-end fashion.
The event will run at the museum in Antwerp from March 16 until August 14 2011.
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