Icons of Style
Photography and fashion insiders-from photographer Glen Luchford to supermodel Cindy Crawford-share stories and insights about select works.
Tour preview:
[soft ethereal music]
MALE NARRATOR: “Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street. Fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what’s happening.” – Coco Chanel
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MALE NARRATOR: Welcome to Icons of Style: A Century of Fashion Photography, 1911-2011. We invite you to take a journey through one hundred years of fashion photographs, accompanied by a selection of costumes, illustrations, magazine covers, advertisements, and videos. While their connective thread is fashion, they each present a unique lens through which we can explore the world. A photograph can not only capture the style of an era, but also the changing political, social, and economic ideologies of the time. A garment possesses both the ability to clothe and the power to change how a person feels. A magazine cover showcases not just a model, but the ever-changing notions of style and beauty. The people who crafted the art in this exhibition were movers, shakers, innovators, and rule-breakers, who left their mark on the world, and their work continues to influence our definitions of style.
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In this audio tour, you will hear from a number of experts who share their personal stories, insights, and reactions to these works. Go behind the lens with artists Melanie Pullen and Glen Luchford, whose photographs are featured in the show. Discover how fashion photography can transcend the commercial and become fine art with David Fahey, owner of the Fahey/Klein Gallery in Los Angeles. Uncover the aesthetic and social impact of clothing with Clarissa Esguerra and Sharon Takeda, curators of Costume and Textiles at LACMA. Take a look at the world of modeling with industry insider, Patty Sicular, Co-Director of Iconic Focus Models. And finally, relive a shoot with supermodel Cindy Crawford.
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Yohji Yamamoto, Autumn/Winter 1995 (detail), 1995, David Sims, chromogenic print. Courtesy of and © David Sims
Icons of Style
Photography and fashion insiders-from photographer Glen Luchford to supermodel Cindy Crawford-share stories and insights about select works.
Tour preview:
[soft ethereal music]
MALE NARRATOR: “Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street. Fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what’s happening.” – Coco Chanel
[swooshing sound effect transitions to hip contemporary pop music]
MALE NARRATOR: Welcome to Icons of Style: A Century of Fashion Photography, 1911-2011. We invite you to take a journey through one hundred years of fashion photographs, accompanied by a selection of costumes, illustrations, magazine covers, advertisements, and videos. While their connective thread is fashion, they each present a unique lens through which we can explore the world. A photograph can not only capture the style of an era, but also the changing political, social, and economic ideologies of the time. A garment possesses both the ability to clothe and the power to change how a person feels. A magazine cover showcases not just a model, but the ever-changing notions of style and beauty. The people who crafted the art in this exhibition were movers, shakers, innovators, and rule-breakers, who left their mark on the world, and their work continues to influence our definitions of style.
[music ends]
In this audio tour, you will hear from a number of experts who share their personal stories, insights, and reactions to these works. Go behind the lens with artists Melanie Pullen and Glen Luchford, whose photographs are featured in the show. Discover how fashion photography can transcend the commercial and become fine art with David Fahey, owner of the Fahey/Klein Gallery in Los Angeles. Uncover the aesthetic and social impact of clothing with Clarissa Esguerra and Sharon Takeda, curators of Costume and Textiles at LACMA. Take a look at the world of modeling with industry insider, Patty Sicular, Co-Director of Iconic Focus Models. And finally, relive a shoot with supermodel Cindy Crawford.
[camera shutter sound effects]
Yohji Yamamoto, Autumn/Winter 1995 (detail), 1995, David Sims, chromogenic print. Courtesy of and © David Sims