Garments that existing distinct futures for fashion by designers which includes Viktor&Rolf, Hussein Chalayan and Iris van Herpen are on show at Stockholm’s Liljevalchs Konsthall (+ slideshow).
Mini Miki 2015 by Bea Szenfeld, Resistance and Attractiveness gallery. Photograph by Mattias Lindbäck
Utopian Bodies: Fashion Seems to be Forward spans eleven galleries of the museum in the Swedish capital, and is curated by Serge Martynov and Sofia Hedman of Museea.
Engineering gallery. Photograph by Serge Martynov
“The central aim of the exhibition is to present the great power and choices of fashion, and inspire guests to search for their vision of the long term,” Hedman told Dezeen.
Adore gallery. Photograph by Mattias Lindback
Every single gallery has a distinct theme, with titles this kind of as Craft and Type, Memory, Gender, and Resistance and Society.
Enjoy gallery. Photograph by Mattias Lindback
Above 200 objects, photographs and movies are integrated in the exhibition, which aims to give a snapshot of recent trends and technologies, as well as to predict what we may well put on in the future.
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“Nowadays there are so many fantastic innovations and thoughts that can be utilised for the future,” Hedman mentioned. “Nevertheless it can sometimes be challenging to find out about them, so we tried to gather as numerous as achievable beneath a single roof.”
Craft and Colour gallery. Photograph by Mattias Lindback
Amid the iconic pieces on demonstrate are Hussein Chalayan’s table skirt from his 2000 Afterwords collection and his moulded plastic dress from the 2009 Intertia selection.
Craft and Colour gallery. Photograph by Serge Martynov
Sculptural garments are displayed throughout, with examples like Viktor&Rolf’s haute couture primarily based on Van Gogh paintings, and Iris van Herpen’s outfits that are “grown” utilizing magnets.
Craft and Colour gallery. Photograph by Mattias Lindback
Emerging designers contain Craig Green, whose work was also element of the Costume Institute’s China-focussed exhibition at the Met museum in New York, and Grace Wales Bonner, who patterns menswear that challenges each race and gender stereotypes.
Sustainability gallery. Photograph by Mattias Lindback
The demonstrate also presents numerous garments from 1 of the world’s largest personal collections of Alexander McQueen clothing, Prada’s sparkling rainbow appear from Spring Summer 2014 and an outfit with a strategically cut hole to reveal genitals from Rick Owen’s Autumn Winter 2015 collection.
Sustainability gallery. Photograph by Serge Martynov
To develop a distinct environment in every gallery, bespoke mannequins have been produced by Proportion London and more than thirty headpieces were produced by wig makers Charlie Le Mindu and Perry Patraszewski.
Change gallery. Photograph by Mattias Lindback
“We also utilized film, lighting, soundscapes and textures to amplify the ideas behind some of the a lot more complex objects, as well as to capture the music, movement and perspective that is so important in vogue,” Hedman said.
Modify gallery. Photograph by Mattias Lindback
A single of the galleries, dedicated to fashion’s capability to intensify communication and attraction, characteristics CuteCircuit’s shirts that allows wearers to record and send hugs to other folks, and BeAnotherLab’s virtual actuality task that lets end users try gender swapping.
Alter gallery. Photograph by Mattias Lindback
Wearable technologies is also represented by Pauline van Dongen’s dresses with integrated solar panels, and the BB.Suit .two outfit that cleans polluted air.
Alter gallery. Photograph by Mattias Lindback
The exhibition also focuses on sustainability and processes inside the style market, and how these can be enhanced.
Memory gallery. Photograph by Mattias Lindback
“There are so several instructions in which style can and should deal with the situation of sustainability,” explained Hedman. “In the exhibition, we appear at the daily life cycle of a garment – manufacturing, distribution, use, re-use, restore, and how it can ultimately decay organically into nature.”
Gender gallery. Photograph by Mattias Lindback
Utopian Bodies – Trend Seems Forward runs from 25 September 2015 to 7 February 2016. Another current trend exhibition, at Eindhoven’s Philips Stadium, presented sports-associated garments by worldwide graduate designers.
