Tuesday, February 4, 2014

DVF Exhibition at LACMA

DVF Exhibition at LACMA by Valerie Gard
Diane von Furstenberg’s signature piece is the wrap dress. I find it so interesting that over years of new trends, this dress has still been a best seller. I also found the prints on her dresses from different years interesting when displayed next to each other: some coordinated nicely together with similar color palettes, and even some designs were similar. I love how the main room where all the dresses were displayed had no white space. Each section of the room had a different pattern on the wall, that even flowed onto the floor. The design was busy, yet feminine and tasteful.
When you first enter the exhibition, there is a gallery of photographs—all of DVF herself. The display was very empowering—it was clear that this exhibition was all about “girl power.”
What I admired most about the exhibition, and DVF herself is that she stuck to one item and created a forever lasting trend and ideal/vision of how a classy, empowering woman looks/wears/feels. For more information, here is the link http://www.dvf.com/wrap40/, and below is a picture I took...

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