“Fashioning America: Grit to Glamour' will open at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art on Sept. 10 surveying more than 200 years of American fashion.
, and the prototype of Michelle Obama’s 2009 inauguration ensemble by the late Isabel Toledo loaned by her husband and the exhibition’s design consultant Ruben Toledo.Courtesy of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2019.16
“I’m excited about the mixture — not just clothing but the hats, fans and gloves — and multimedia in terms of art, a custom playlist and lots of video footage from the 1920s to today,” Finamore said. “Like sneakers, which will be represented too, cowboy boots rise to the top as an iconic American design that’s both utilitarian and a form of personal expression,” Finamore said.
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