The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947-1957

Date: Saturday 30 May 2009 – Monday 28 September 2009
Venue: Hong Kong Heritage Museum Galleries 3, 4 & 5

This exhibition will focus on post-war couture during a decade (1947-1957) that Christian Dior described as the “Golden Age” of fashion.

Drawn mainly from the Victoria and Albert Museum’s collections, exhibition begins with Paris under the occupation and the impact of the “New Look” in 1947, the exhibition will examine the world and history of couture: designers, fashion houses, models, clients and dissemination into popular fashion. Highlighting the work of the masters and legends of fashion, Dior, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Pierre Balmain and Hubert de Givenchy in Paris and their London counterparts Norman Hartnell and Hardy Amies, it will trace one of the most glamorous and remarkable decades in fashion history. More than 100 dresses will be on display including daywear, cocktail and evening dresses made for the high society and royalty alongside photographs by renowned fashion photographers Cecil Beaton and Richard Avedon.(收起)