Fashion Institute of Technology - Fashion Exhibitions this Year: 2012

This is an insane list of wonderful fashion exhibits this year around the globe.  There are some vintage or older fashions included.  Here are just a few from Fit's list.

Charles James, "Butterfly" dress detail, 1954, for Mr.s John V. Farwell III, Chicago History Museum. Fit Museum website image.

Fashion Institute of Technology - Fashion Exhibitions this Year: 2012 : http://www.fitnyc.edu/12041.asp

Charles James: Genius Deconstructed explores the history of couture fashion designer Charles James and why nearly 40 years after his death he is still a relevant force in the fashion world. On view at the Chicago History Museum through April 16, 2012.

The Cult of Beauty: The Victorian Avant-Garde, 1860–1900 through June 17, 2012 at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, showcases the entirety of the Aesthetic Movement’s output, celebrating the startling beauty and variety of creations by masters as diverse as artists Dante Gabriel Rossetti, James McNeill Whistler, and Edward Burne-Jones and designers E.W. Godwin, William Morris and Christopher Dresser.  The Legion of Honor is the only U.S. venue on the world tour that includes the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Musée d’Orsay in Paris.

The Roaring Twenties: Heels, Hemlines and High Spirits focuses on the wardrobe and widening horizons of the "New Woman" and looks at how the myriad influences of the period such as cinema, jazz clubs, and world travel influenced the shape of fashionable footwear. At the Bata Shoe Museum through June 2012.

Grace Kelly: Style Icon traces the actresses life and features dresses from such films as The Swan as well as the gown she wore to accept her Oscar in 1955. The exhibition also explores the evolution of her style as Princess Grace of Monaco, from her extensive wedding trousseau to her haute couture gowns of the 1960s and 1970s by her favourite couturiers Dior, Balenciaga, Givenchy and Yves St Laurent. At the Bendigo Art Gallery in Australia from March 11 to June 17, 2012. From March 21 until August 12, 2012, MoMu in Antwerp, Belgium presents the exhibition Living Fashion: Women's Daily Wear 1750-1950 from the Jacoba de Jonge collection, an exhibition about the influence of fashion on the everyday lives of middle-class women in Western Europe between 1750 and 1950. As Americans observe the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War, the Kent State University Museum presents On the Home Front: Civil War Fashions and Domestic Life, an exhibit about the material circumstances and domestic life during the Civil War and in the years that followed. Far from being a simple trivial diversion during such a critical period, fashion provides a unique window into the lived experience of Americans who despite being far from the battlefields were deeply and immediately touched by the conflict. On view until August 26, 2012.