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Fashion in Colors
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Fashion in Colors

Fashion in Colors

On view December 9, 2005–March 26, 2006

Fashion in Colors explores color as a design element through 300 years of Western clothing, examining the changing perceptions and meanings of color through various eras. More than 60 costumes are on display, ranging from eighteenth-century court gowns to couture creations by twentieth-century masters such as Balenciaga, Vionnet, Chanel, and Watanabe.

Lancome
Fashion in Colors is made possible in part by Lancome

Elle
Media support is provided by Elle

Additional support provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Wacoal America, Inc., United Colors of Benetton, Stephen McKay, Inc., the Mondriaan Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Lee S. Ainslie III, Kay Allaire, ESP Trendlab, and Mr. and Mrs. John A. Griffin.

Mannequins provided by Rootstein. Generous in-kind support provided by Japan Airlines, Element Labs, Inc., Yamato Logistics Co., Ltd., and Benjamin Moore & Co.

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