HAUTE After the success of the exhibitions Cité de la dentelle Hubert de Givenchy, Cristóbal Balenciaga, et de la mode, Calais Anne Valérie Hash and Iris van Herpen, DENTELLE the Museum of Lace and Fashion in Calais, dedicated to hand-made and mechanical 9...
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HAUTE After the success of the exhibitions Cité de la dentelle Hubert de Givenchy, Cristóbal Balenciaga, et de la mode, Calais Anne Valérie Hash and Iris van Herpen, DENTELLE the Museum of Lace and Fashion in Calais, dedicated to hand-made and mechanical 9 June 2018 – lace, presents the “Haute Dentelle” (Designer 6 January 2019 Lace) exhibition. Candidate for the Exhibition of National Interest label Ensemble with skirt in hand-incised mechanical lace. Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2015 Collection © Chanel / photo Karl Lagerfeld Haute couture and lace “Haute Dentelle” offers a unique insight into the contemporary uses by fashion designers of lace woven on Leavers looms. Implicitly, exhibition curator Sylvie Marot weaves a unique dialogue between lace houses and fashion houses, revealing behind these exchanges powerful creative propositions. A material of great creative potential First inspired by and then liberated from hand-made lace, mechanical laces have been
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