The privately funded summer-long celebration is the first time a community has publicly showcased a fashion designer to this degree.
, The History Center and the Veteran’s National Memorial Shrine & Museum. The writing on one of the walls in the art museum captures it all with a quote from Blass: “Indiana, after all, is the place where the dream began…”While the Yves Saint Laurent 60th anniversary exhibition that bowed earlier this year was spread across six museums in Paris, the Blass one is the first to overtake an entire community.
As a result, the Blass museum will be a roving one that will use similar oversized trunks with wheels. By transporting its holdings to different areas, more people will have access. The aim is for a fourth-quarter opening. Carrier said, “I just laughed and giggled at The Lumineers’ concert because that was the last reason I was there. But literally everywhere we go, we run into ideas that we’re using for our Bill Blass celebration.
Conversations about Blass with such friends as Cathy Horyn, his former butler Alfred McGloin and personal assistant Yvonne Miller are being recorded and will be archived. Harper’s Bazaar alum Marilyn Kirschner clued in Carrier to the Blass-ism “That’s really snappy,” which was what the designer said if he really liked a design on someone, snapping his fingers for further effect, Carrier said.
After World War II, Bill Blass’ mother typed the contents of this diary that was secretly written by a “Ghost Army” soldier.Blass’ unit included the famous minimalist painter Ellsworth Kelly, wildlife artist Arthur Singer and fashion designer George Nardiello, who designed dresses for Marilyn Monroe.
Madonna Hanna is among the fashion-minded contributors who volunteered their Blass-related knowledge after learning about the celebration. A questionnaire that Blass responded to in 1989 for her fashion merchandising class in Tacoma, Washington, is on view at Fort Wayne’s Museum of Art. His responses to 21 questions indicated that he had at that time five assistant designers, whom he personally hired. As for what his company grossed annually, Blass said couture alone generated $10 million.
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