Love and War: The Weaponized Woman
September 9 through December 16, 2006
The Museum at FIT www.fitnyc.edu/museum

fig.: Paco Rabanne, Evening dress, Pearlescent and silver plastic chain mail, France, ca. 1968. The Museum at FIT, Gift of Montgomery Ward. Photo by Irving Solero, courtesy The Museum at FIT

The Weaponized Woman will feature warrior-like fashions by designers, such as Boudicca, Jean Paul Gaultier, Helmut Lang, Gianni Versace, and Yohji Yamamoto, as well as an example of theatrical armor worn by an actress playing Joan of Arc. more culture >>>