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Paris fashion museum devotes exhibition to Dietrich
Feb 21: Paris` Musee Galliera is producing an exhibition this summer devoted to legendary actress and performer Marlene Dietrich, who died in the French capital in 1992.
Feb 21: Paris' Musee Galliera is producing an exhibition this summer devoted to legendary actress and performer Marlene Dietrich, who died in the French capital in 1992.
Following on from the success of the Paris fashion museum's current exhibition of work by photographer Harry Clarke -- as well as previous exhibitions devoted to avant-garde designers (Mode a Suivre 2) and the oeuvre of Madame Carven -- the Dietrich exhibit opens June 14.
Billed as exploring the "creation of a myth," it will feature over 250 items of clothing and accessories belonging to the silver screen star, encompassing her personal as well as stage and screen wardrobe from the 1930s through to the '70s.
In additional to Dietrich's more personal effects will be a selection of photographs -- the actress was photographed by such names as Steichen, Beaton and Horst -- with some of her movies projected on to the museum's walls.
Dietrich, who abandoned the screen in 1953 before transferring her energies to the stage, wore creations in her cinema days by such Hollywood designers as Irene and Jean Louis, as well as her own famous -- and then rather shocking -- look of a tailored man's suit. For her own clothes she was more faithful to the French couture, ordering from houses like Chanel, Schiaparelli and Dior.
Running in tandem with the exhibition, which continues until October 12, will be a series of the German actress' films at the Goethe Institut de Paris in June. After Paris, the exhibition moves to Germany where from fall 2004 it will run in both Berlin and Dortmund.
Bureau Report
Following on from the success of the Paris fashion museum's current exhibition of work by photographer Harry Clarke -- as well as previous exhibitions devoted to avant-garde designers (Mode a Suivre 2) and the oeuvre of Madame Carven -- the Dietrich exhibit opens June 14.
Billed as exploring the "creation of a myth," it will feature over 250 items of clothing and accessories belonging to the silver screen star, encompassing her personal as well as stage and screen wardrobe from the 1930s through to the '70s.
In additional to Dietrich's more personal effects will be a selection of photographs -- the actress was photographed by such names as Steichen, Beaton and Horst -- with some of her movies projected on to the museum's walls.
Dietrich, who abandoned the screen in 1953 before transferring her energies to the stage, wore creations in her cinema days by such Hollywood designers as Irene and Jean Louis, as well as her own famous -- and then rather shocking -- look of a tailored man's suit. For her own clothes she was more faithful to the French couture, ordering from houses like Chanel, Schiaparelli and Dior.
Running in tandem with the exhibition, which continues until October 12, will be a series of the German actress' films at the Goethe Institut de Paris in June. After Paris, the exhibition moves to Germany where from fall 2004 it will run in both Berlin and Dortmund.
Bureau Report