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Exhibition: Force of Nature — Opens

May 30, 2017

Alexander McQueen, Plato’s Atlantis collection, Spring 2010, England, museum purchase.
Alexander McQueen, Plato’s Atlantis collection, Spring 2010, England, museum purchase.

Force of Nature examines how the beauty and complexity of the natural world have inspired fashion designers for centuries. The exhibition places more than 75 objects from The Museum at FIT’s permanent collection, dating from the 18th century to the present, within a context of period philosophies and scientific literature in order to demonstrate the deep interconnectedness between fashion and nature.

An enthusiasm for country life is represented with a 1785 robe à l’anglaise that illustrates a movement toward simple dress, influenced by philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who urged a return to nature. A dress by Alexander McQueen from his acclaimed final collection in 2010, presents a meditation upon Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution and concern over climate change. More than a survey of flora, fauna, and geology as merely decorative, the exhibition reveals the natural world as a nexus of ideas and symbolism in fashion design. Force of Nature aims to contribute to today’s important, ongoing conversation about society’s relationship with the natural world and humankind’s place within it.

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May 30, 2017
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Venue

Fashion and Textile History Gallery, The Museum at FIT
Fashion Institute of Technology
New York City, NY 10001 United States
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212 217.4558
Website:
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The Museum at FIT
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(212) 217-4558
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museuminfo@fitnyc.edu
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