It’s also an exhibit for historians, archaeologists, and enthusiasts interested in artifact conservation. And it’s a lesson in innovative, interactive exhibits. As an academic working in archaeology, it’s a pretty exciting exhibition. Bolton and his team broke new ground for museums and I hope this AI modeling etc. extends beyond the fashion institute. Curators should be taking notes!!!!!
I absolutely love this take! The concepts introduced by this exhibit to bring life to things long “sleeping” through sensory experiences are really exciting for so many reasons! For paleontology, bringing to life animals long gone- without the need for a real life Jurassic Park! 😄
As an anthropologist hobbyist, this type of museum curation is why no one wants to go on vacation with me-- literally all my time wherever I go is spent reading every. Single. Word. And soaking up every moment of history and stories each artifact has to tell me 🥰
@20:49 Those are REAL beetles on Olivia Cheng's organza dress. The narrator says they were "sustainably harvested," meaning the beetles were kept in a lab to reproduce instead of being caught out in the wild. It does appear the legs were replaced with gold wires, giving them a somewhat artificial appearance. Many times butterfly bodies are replaced by paper ones attached to the real wings in works of art since they will decay and deteriorate over time while the wings remain brilliant and beautiful for decades or more.
i was not expecting the advocation for native plants but i'm always happy to hear it!!! i'm personally an aquatic milkweed girlie myself ❤ i really think everyone should take the time to learn more about their local eco region, it can really shift your perspective of the world around you and you can gain so much appreciation for the different forms of life we encounter everyday without realizing!! plus, gardening w native plants is much easier than caring for ornamentals in my experience. these plants are literally made to survive this environment!! if you're a lazy gardener like me, it's both accessible and fulfilling thanks luke for exposing more people to this concept !!
This is in my top 5 videos of yours! I understand a LOT more of the dresses from the Met Gala now, particularly ones using natural materials and those regarding folklore like Mami Wata. Pleeease do more videos commenting on fashion tours! And as a "Native Girly" (Cherokee Nation, T'lingit) I would be honored if you commented on our fashion shows and exhibits in Santa Fe, First Nations shows in Canada, etc. For decades, our patterns and techniques have been stolen by huge brands and mass produced, and with so many thinking we don't exist anymore, no one tries to buy authentic Indigenous art and fashion. Your opinions whether positive or negative show our continued dedication to the skills and that we're still here ❤ thank you for all you've done already acknowledging us ❤❤❤
The inherent vice in the Worth gown is the mineral salts the pale green silk was treated with during manufacturing. The mineral salts were added to add body to the silk, make it rustle "scroop", and since silk was sold by weight, increased how much customer paid.
My dear boy! As usual, your offering is educational and very entertaining. I also want to commend you on your advocacy of planting native species, and for pointing out the essential connection between Monarch butterflies and native milkweed. Thank you for bringing this tour to us. "And from this slumber you shall wake, when true love's kiss, the spell shall break." This exhibit IS true love. Peace be with you. 💚
I believe I'm correct in thinking that mid 1800s silk was given a then fashionable shimmer effect by the inclusion of very fine metallic thread within the weave. Over time, this cut into the silk fibre, destroying it. Such dresses are indeed Sleeping Beauties, as lying flat is the only way we currently have to slow their disintegration. Thanks for commenting on this exhibition Luke 😊
It was metallic salts, but yeah, same idea. The chemical bond between the metallic salts and silk fibers are what started the process of degradation and “shattering” and the razor sharp edges of the salts would then act like microscopic knives and sever the weave of the fabric.
'Inherent Vice', an old shipping term originally. It was used to describe uninsurable items for shipping, i.e.: chocolate melts, eggs break, dairy sours...... I love that fashion has utilized this term!
Thanks for bringing the exhibit to those of us that won't be able to see it in person Luke. I loved seeing the ball gown in motion, very clever. Really enjoyed this video.❤
The tarnishing of silver has been an issue of fabric conservation for centuries and envisioning how the garment looked when new can be a real challenge.
Some of the older pieces I recognize as those many of us have studied in costume history. I really enjoy your channel. I use it to keep updated on current fashion. I particularly appreciate when you go into the background and what a designer was trying to achieve with a look or collection. Much modern art means nothing without context and fashion is the same. 💙
I love your enthusiastic deep dive here, thank you for properly explaining all the layers on this. I will be thinking about this until I re-watch it, I appreciate your thoroughness.
One bonus of living in an age where it's possible to visit virtually places that I may never get to see in person. I totally enjoyed the tour. The beauty and sorrow of natural fibers is that they are temporary. It's interesting to me that the synthetic materials used in garment making mirrors an on going obsession with staying young for as long as possible, and much of the clothes ends up in landfills, while the more transient natural fabrics are more desirable, even though they will fall apart and disintegrate.
So much thought and care clearly went into this exhibit. As somebody fascinated by fashion history and construction, this is right up my alley. I'm so enamored and I hope I can make my way over to the Met to see it. Also, I love your passion for native plants haha.
Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart for co-narrating and sharing your knowledge and experience. As you said, some people are on the other side of the globe from the event, so it's really nice to see it in such detail. I love browsing through MET online collections, but their exhibits are something else)
Video was wonderful experience. Thanks for putting it on your channel. Museums are a great way to explore details not. Immediately available to you. Fashion has so many dimensions besides the making and wearing these exotic gowns. an Expansive experience for me : I was glad they included the work of our recent 20th century Fashion/art geniuses. You’re a wonderful teacher for me since I have learned so much about art,history and fashion. Haute la mode is deep. 0:30
Thank you Luke for posting this - I’m in Australia & would never have found this otherwise. I’m a longtime watcher of your channel - thank you for the joy I derive here 🫶🏳️🌈❤🇦🇺
This is amazing, so glad you did this video. Also, I love that in the music for the first hologram it was actually from the most recognizable to non ballet fans of Tchaikovsky's music for the ballet of Sleeping Beauty. (as Disney calls it, Once Upon a Dream)
How fascinating! Thank you for sharing this exhibit and your experience of it. You did stop short of one point that we will decay and die too. Only our souls will live on. ❤
This is truly such a fascinating and inspiring exhibition! And like someone said before- I think it’s an important and innovative one in terms of what is possible within a museum experience!
I love your excitement and how your passion can be seen in the way you talk about it. Thank you for getting me back into real fashion. I can't afford it but I do love it! 😂
I loved this exhibit so much!! I learned a lot about the history of fashion and how pieces are made, and I just really appreciated the artistry and talent in all of the garments. I found it particularly interesting that the treatments on a lot of the fabrics made them more brittle than some of the older garments in the collection. The Butterfly gown where one was damaged and worn and the other was pristine was probably my favorite part, because you can really see how much damage wearing and using a gown can do. But that's also what they're meant for! I thought the exhibit did a good job making these more than just pieces behind glass in a museum
Thank you for showing this! I am in Brighton, England so don't have the chance to see it. Such beautiful dresses and getting to know the stories behind them.
Thanks for taking us on the tour :) I've never really had much of an interest for fashion until I started watching your videos (which was for the Met gala last year). But I really like the history of it, I think that's what has me interested. So this exhibit was really interesting for me :)
Fascinating I love geeking out with HauteLeMode so much! It's the one place I can come and know I get to learn and laugh with Luke while feeding my constant fashion passion 24/7.
I love your cultural level and your passion. This exhibition must be fantastic. After this video I understood that the VIPs could have put more effort into being on theme
Luke, I thoroughly enjoyed this video! Now I understand your earlier comments about celebrities and designers at the Met Gala completely missing the point of degradation over time. I sincerely would have enjoyed walking through these exhibits with you, exploring and discovering the gems it contained. Thanks for sharing!
So happy that you did this video. I'm always interested in fashion, more into the conservation and historical aspects. Great video, thanks so much for sharing😊😊
Love seeing the garments move via AI, what an amazing way to see historical pieces. this is what you want to see when you look at these beautiful creations.
Thank you for this. I love all the details and look forward to seeing this in person. Most likely best to view this early in the day before the museum is packed. Cheers!
This exhibit is perfection!! I love how tbey incorporated history and preservation throughout it. And since i love nature, this collection is everything to me! Thank you so much for sharing it and I love how futuristic it is too. Im excited for the future of exhibitions , and how it can expand on just visually seeing an artifact.
the passion with which you talk about the exhibit, and fashion in general, make me want to know more everytime, and i really wish i could see the exhibit in real life. Thank you!
When I went to NYC for a weekend in May, I swore to myself that I would go to the Sleeping Beauty exhibit, my first Met Gala exhibit. And I did. My little amateur costume designer heart was in total bliss. The art pieces awakened all my costume design neurons. I already designed a dress for a play inspired by Charles James's 1955 "Butterfly Ballgown". Only instead of a butterfly, I reinvented it based on the spider and its web, as well as the chest cavity and spinal column of the human skeleton because the character wearing it is a pure villain. It's also gonna be white with metallic applications to represent her coldness and exuberant inhumanity. Basically, I'm in love with this exhibit. 😅 If I had the money, I would've bought the book, but alas, I satisfy myself with the legions of pictures I took, without flash, of course.
Hi Luke! I have waited over two months to watch this video because I knew I was seeing the exhibit in late August and wanted to be surprised and delighted - which I certainly was! It was fantastic!!! - well worth travelling all the way from Sweden to see! I can confirm (photos available on request!) that the grass on the JA Loewe jacket is brown and dead … it reminds one of raffia … but isn’t linen (dead) grass fibre? I thought that the whole exhibit was exquisite. I was amazed at how close one could get to the garments, though a few were set high and almost out of sight. The contextualisation was fascinating - the chemistry of yellow textile dye for example, and also the explanations regarding fabric treatments that inherently sowed the seed for the fabric’s and there by the garments demise. It became clear to me that time is a component of the very material of fashion - and that to achieve some looks, and or sensations (that specific rustle), process are used that seriously shorten the garment’s life span. I think that the exhibit not only highlights the truly stunning vision of the designers and unbelievable skill of their ateljé but also the scientific, experimental, developmental research that goes into (couture) pieces. This was my first ever Fashion Institute exhibition but it certainly won’t be my last! I noticed on some labels that the Brooklyn Museum was credited as the lender. On a purely practical note I spoke with several visitors who found the very low labels (often on low plinths) difficult especially as the exhibit was packed and it was not conducive, nor elegant, to keep having to bend down!
luke, this was absolutely brilliant. a wonderful theme magically executed. thankyou for sharing it. Kudos to Andrew and his team for thinking outside the norm and curating not just an exhibition, but an Experience (with a capital E)
It was so surreal actually being able to visit this exhibit. I have watched their online tours for the past few years and to be able to finally see this in person was AMAZING. Some of the outfits were STUNNING!
this was tough..... very early into the video i couldn't make up my mind to watch the fashion side or your side. I eventually gave up (easily done) and stuck with you. I don't think I've ever enjoyed you more in a video. I felt I really saw your personal connection to fashion and why you involve yourself in the field. Well done, Luke.
This video explained to me the whys of you as a clothing "nerd" that is super passionate in all your reaction videos. I'm not into fashion, but I'm into being entertained with your commentary!
When we lived in Dallas, we had a specific set of planters for herbs near our glass kitchen door. One Mother’s Day, we noticed a caterpillar, which started an annual event in our house of cataloging how many feasted on parsley (I can’t remember if it was Italian or native), how large they grew in a matter of days, their journey to cocoon, and then butterfly. Placement of the planters mattered; if we put them in a different spot, they did not come, and if grouped, they could cross one planter to the next via the plants. We always ran out of planted parsley before they were done for the season (nurseries in TX stop selling parsley plants due to the heat by a particular time each summer), but they would eat sprigs I left for them. Now that we live in Portland, we feed hummingbirds on our balcony.
Thank you ❤ I love that you talk about origin plants and animals- it's so important and : invasive plants and animals can destroy so much, even if you think they are pretty in the first place.
I am one of those people who love fashion for the clothes and the history, as well! It excites my soul to see someone else's eye light up while they consume fashion content. I already watched that video, so I was excited to see you react to it!
Luke- are you familiar with the Native Habitat Project guy on RUclips (shorts, specifically)? He’s a native plant QUEEN. He’s focused on north Alabama grassland ecosystems and showcases local ecotypes and niche habitats like limestone glades. I think you’d really enjoy watching his stuff.
This literally sounds like an exhibit made for me. Between fashion, history and the concept itself, I'm so upset I can't go see this one and I really really hope in the future something similar and just as unique pops up.
Incredibly marvellous. It’s really one of those exhibits that would peak the interests of fashion enthusiasts, historians, those interested in knowing more about the many inspirations of fashion. I cannot wait to see it in New York
Fascinating! I had never thought of the multi-sensory aspect of fashion. This has totally changed the way I look at fashion, and I can appreciate the many levels of what a garment might represent.
Fabulous video and I love your extra knowledge that added more details - I believe the razor clam dress was worn by Erin O’Conner and she said in a interview that her hands wear cut to shreds but it felt right to brake the clams etc
This is a lens through which I can appreciate fashion. I love observing how garments lived in their prime beyond just looking at them on a mannequin. It really helps you absorb the full artistry of it
I always love learning new things. I am fascinated with the fabrics, materials, weaving, dying, and process techniques behind the incredible finished products. Fashion is an incredible for of art and self-expression because it is something a human might wear on the most important day of their life, an everyday garment, or one they choose to be buried in. No other art expression is quite so personal except perhaps body modification such as tattooing. For the word "ochre" which can refer to a color of dye it is pronounced as "Oak-ER", not "okra" which is a plant often cooked in African and in the American South in tradition side dishes like gumbo.
I love caution for all exhibition. Buildings and sculptures require an appropriate amount of space and light to be best appreciated. Media and fashion can be best appreciated with light and media. I have always wanted to be a part of curation. It made me super geek out over this episode. The Buckminster Fuller at the Whitney in Manhattan is still one of my favorites.
Thank you for this content I really appreciate you. I no longer live in NYC so I don’t have access to the great array of museums. I love ❤❤ clothing & fashion, so yes I am a nerd about it and this video is so informative and SUPER Kool. Thank you again TTYL :)
Really enjoyed watching this - as a side note The Nightingale and The Rose doesn't end well as the rose is thrown away without a care. Recommend reading the Oscar Wilde Fairy Tales even though they are incredibly sad
It’s also an exhibit for historians, archaeologists, and enthusiasts interested in artifact conservation. And it’s a lesson in innovative, interactive exhibits. As an academic working in archaeology, it’s a pretty exciting exhibition. Bolton and his team broke new ground for museums and I hope this AI modeling etc. extends beyond the fashion institute. Curators should be taking notes!!!!!
Wonderful point of view, great comment! 👏
I absolutely love this take!
The concepts introduced by this exhibit to bring life to things long “sleeping” through sensory experiences are really exciting for so many reasons! For paleontology, bringing to life animals long gone- without the need for a real life Jurassic Park! 😄
As an anthropologist hobbyist, this type of museum curation is why no one wants to go on vacation with me-- literally all my time wherever I go is spent reading every. Single. Word. And soaking up every moment of history and stories each artifact has to tell me 🥰
@20:49 Those are REAL beetles on Olivia Cheng's organza dress. The narrator says they were "sustainably harvested," meaning the beetles were kept in a lab to reproduce instead of being caught out in the wild. It does appear the legs were replaced with gold wires, giving them a somewhat artificial appearance. Many times butterfly bodies are replaced by paper ones attached to the real wings in works of art since they will decay and deteriorate over time while the wings remain brilliant and beautiful for decades or more.
I wish more museums would do internet tours of the exhibit for those who can't visit
Agree❤
This was incredible. Thank you so much.
Yes!
i was not expecting the advocation for native plants but i'm always happy to hear it!!! i'm personally an aquatic milkweed girlie myself ❤ i really think everyone should take the time to learn more about their local eco region, it can really shift your perspective of the world around you and you can gain so much appreciation for the different forms of life we encounter everyday without realizing!!
plus, gardening w native plants is much easier than caring for ornamentals in my experience. these plants are literally made to survive this environment!! if you're a lazy gardener like me, it's both accessible and fulfilling
thanks luke for exposing more people to this concept !!
This is in my top 5 videos of yours! I understand a LOT more of the dresses from the Met Gala now, particularly ones using natural materials and those regarding folklore like Mami Wata. Pleeease do more videos commenting on fashion tours! And as a "Native Girly" (Cherokee Nation, T'lingit) I would be honored if you commented on our fashion shows and exhibits in Santa Fe, First Nations shows in Canada, etc. For decades, our patterns and techniques have been stolen by huge brands and mass produced, and with so many thinking we don't exist anymore, no one tries to buy authentic Indigenous art and fashion. Your opinions whether positive or negative show our continued dedication to the skills and that we're still here ❤ thank you for all you've done already acknowledging us ❤❤❤
The inherent vice in the Worth gown is the mineral salts the pale green silk was treated with during manufacturing. The mineral salts were added to add body to the silk, make it rustle "scroop", and since silk was sold by weight, increased how much customer paid.
wow, thanks!
Luke’s “TOLD YA!” moments are adorable. 😂 I loved this video, and felt like I was there experiencing it with a good (and very excited) friend.
My dear boy! As usual, your offering is educational and very entertaining. I also want to commend you on your advocacy of planting native species, and for pointing out the essential connection between Monarch butterflies and native milkweed. Thank you for bringing this tour to us. "And from this slumber you shall wake, when true love's kiss, the spell shall break." This exhibit IS true love. Peace be with you. 💚
I believe I'm correct in thinking that mid 1800s silk was given a then fashionable shimmer effect by the inclusion of very fine metallic thread within the weave. Over time, this cut into the silk fibre, destroying it.
Such dresses are indeed Sleeping Beauties, as lying flat is the only way we currently have to slow their disintegration.
Thanks for commenting on this exhibition Luke 😊
Your right Nicole Rudolf has done a very instructive video on silk
It was metallic salts, but yeah, same idea. The chemical bond between the metallic salts and silk fibers are what started the process of degradation and “shattering” and the razor sharp edges of the salts would then act like microscopic knives and sever the weave of the fabric.
Thank you for the shoutout to native plants and insect conservation!
'Inherent Vice', an old shipping term originally. It was used to describe uninsurable items for shipping, i.e.: chocolate melts, eggs break, dairy sours...... I love that fashion has utilized this term!
Thanks for bringing the exhibit to those of us that won't be able to see it in person Luke. I loved seeing the ball gown in motion, very clever. Really enjoyed this video.❤
The tarnishing of silver has been an issue of fabric conservation for centuries and envisioning how the garment looked when new can be a real challenge.
Some of the older pieces I recognize as those many of us have studied in costume history.
I really enjoy your channel. I use it to keep updated on current fashion. I particularly appreciate when you go into the background and what a designer was trying to achieve with a look or collection. Much modern art means nothing without context and fashion is the same. 💙
I love your enthusiastic deep dive here, thank you for properly explaining all the layers on this. I will be thinking about this until I re-watch it, I appreciate your thoroughness.
Always, Me too on all of it
One bonus of living in an age where it's possible to visit virtually places that I may never get to see in person.
I totally enjoyed the tour.
The beauty and sorrow of natural fibers is that they are temporary. It's interesting to me that the synthetic materials used in garment making mirrors an on going obsession with staying young for as long as possible, and much of the clothes ends up in landfills, while the more transient natural fabrics are more desirable, even though they will fall apart and disintegrate.
So much thought and care clearly went into this exhibit. As somebody fascinated by fashion history and construction, this is right up my alley. I'm so enamored and I hope I can make my way over to the Met to see it. Also, I love your passion for native plants haha.
Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart for co-narrating and sharing your knowledge and experience. As you said, some people are on the other side of the globe from the event, so it's really nice to see it in such detail. I love browsing through MET online collections, but their exhibits are something else)
Christian Diors 1953 May ballgown took my breath away! Beautiful embroidery!
Video was wonderful experience. Thanks for putting it on your channel. Museums are a great way to explore details not. Immediately available to you. Fashion has so many dimensions besides the making and wearing these exotic gowns. an
Expansive experience for me : I was glad they included the work of our recent 20th century
Fashion/art geniuses. You’re a wonderful teacher for me since I have learned so much about art,history and fashion. Haute la mode is deep. 0:30
THIS IS SO FASCINATING! I love that you're going into detail with this and discussing all of it.
Thank you Luke for posting this - I’m in Australia & would never have found this otherwise. I’m a longtime watcher of your channel - thank you for the joy I derive here 🫶🏳️🌈❤🇦🇺
26:30 The oyster shell dress is my favorite of this exhibit. McQueen was a true genius, he is very much missed.
Considering the smell of used oyster and clam shells, I wonder how these razor clams were neutralized to be acceptable in dressmaking?
This is amazing, so glad you did this video. Also, I love that in the music for the first hologram it was actually from the most recognizable to non ballet fans of Tchaikovsky's music for the ballet of Sleeping Beauty. (as Disney calls it, Once Upon a Dream)
This was a wonderful video. Thanks for bringing this to us. I loved the idea of this exhibition.
How fascinating! Thank you for sharing this exhibit and your experience of it. You did stop short of one point that we will decay and die too. Only our souls will live on. ❤
This is truly such a fascinating and inspiring exhibition! And like someone said before- I think it’s an important and innovative one in terms of what is possible within a museum experience!
I love your excitement and how your passion can be seen in the way you talk about it. Thank you for getting me back into real fashion. I can't afford it but I do love it! 😂
I loved this exhibit so much!! I learned a lot about the history of fashion and how pieces are made, and I just really appreciated the artistry and talent in all of the garments. I found it particularly interesting that the treatments on a lot of the fabrics made them more brittle than some of the older garments in the collection. The Butterfly gown where one was damaged and worn and the other was pristine was probably my favorite part, because you can really see how much damage wearing and using a gown can do. But that's also what they're meant for! I thought the exhibit did a good job making these more than just pieces behind glass in a museum
Thank you for showing this! I am in Brighton, England so don't have the chance to see it. Such beautiful dresses and getting to know the stories behind them.
Hey, I'm in Brighton too - well, Hove Actually! Also grateful for the chance to see this exhibition with Luke's commentary 😊
but you have wonderful costume exhibitions in Bath.
Thanks for taking us on the tour :)
I've never really had much of an interest for fashion until I started watching your videos (which was for the Met gala last year). But I really like the history of it, I think that's what has me interested. So this exhibit was really interesting for me :)
I love that! I hope I can get to NY and see it in person before it closes.
Fascinating I love geeking out with HauteLeMode so much! It's the one place I can come and know I get to learn and laugh with Luke while feeding my constant fashion passion 24/7.
I love your cultural level and your passion. This exhibition must be fantastic. After this video I understood that the VIPs could have put more effort into being on theme
Luke, I thoroughly enjoyed this video! Now I understand your earlier comments about celebrities and designers at the Met Gala completely missing the point of degradation over time. I sincerely would have enjoyed walking through these exhibits with you, exploring and discovering the gems it contained. Thanks for sharing!
So happy that you did this video. I'm always interested in fashion, more into the conservation and historical aspects. Great video, thanks so much for sharing😊😊
What a stunning exhibition! Thankyou so much for taking us along!
Love seeing the garments move via AI, what an amazing way to see historical pieces. this is what you want to see when you look at these beautiful creations.
This was so enjoyable! I loved the Met Gala video and Luke's take on the fashion.
Thank you for taking the time to review this exhibit and bringing it to our attention. I enjoyed your coverage!
Thank you for this. I love all the details and look forward to seeing this in person. Most likely best to view this early in the day before the museum is packed. Cheers!
Great idea. I would have never known the nuances. Thanks for sharing!
So fascinating. Thank you for sharing with us, Luke!
This exhibit is perfection!! I love how tbey incorporated history and preservation throughout it. And since i love nature, this collection is everything to me! Thank you so much for sharing it and I love how futuristic it is too. Im excited for the future of exhibitions , and how it can expand on just visually seeing an artifact.
The Nightengale and the Rose, that was the story that put me off red roses for life.
the passion with which you talk about the exhibit, and fashion in general, make me want to know more everytime, and i really wish i could see the exhibit in real life. Thank you!
When I went to NYC for a weekend in May, I swore to myself that I would go to the Sleeping Beauty exhibit, my first Met Gala exhibit. And I did. My little amateur costume designer heart was in total bliss. The art pieces awakened all my costume design neurons. I already designed a dress for a play inspired by Charles James's 1955 "Butterfly Ballgown". Only instead of a butterfly, I reinvented it based on the spider and its web, as well as the chest cavity and spinal column of the human skeleton because the character wearing it is a pure villain. It's also gonna be white with metallic applications to represent her coldness and exuberant inhumanity.
Basically, I'm in love with this exhibit. 😅 If I had the money, I would've bought the book, but alas, I satisfy myself with the legions of pictures I took, without flash, of course.
can you show us a version of the costume, it sounds fascinating.
@lauralubin7558 It's not finished yet cause I got busy with multiple new projects. But when I do finish it, I'll put it online and send the link here!
Hi Luke!
I have waited over two months to watch this video because I knew I was seeing the exhibit in late August and wanted to be surprised and delighted - which I certainly was! It was fantastic!!! - well worth travelling all the way from Sweden to see!
I can confirm (photos available on request!) that the grass on the JA Loewe jacket is brown and dead … it reminds one of raffia … but isn’t linen (dead) grass fibre?
I thought that the whole exhibit was exquisite. I was amazed at how close one could get to the garments, though a few were set high and almost out of sight. The contextualisation was fascinating - the chemistry of yellow textile dye for example, and also the explanations regarding fabric treatments that inherently sowed the seed for the fabric’s and there by the garments demise. It became clear to me that time is a component of the very material of fashion - and that to achieve some looks, and or sensations (that specific rustle), process are used that seriously shorten the garment’s life span.
I think that the exhibit not only highlights the truly stunning vision of the designers and unbelievable skill of their ateljé but also the scientific, experimental, developmental research that goes into (couture) pieces.
This was my first ever Fashion Institute exhibition but it certainly won’t be my last!
I noticed on some labels that the Brooklyn Museum was credited as the lender.
On a purely practical note I spoke with several visitors who found the very low labels (often on low plinths) difficult especially as the exhibit was packed and it was not conducive, nor elegant, to keep having to bend down!
Fantastic! Amazing! love your passion for the everything about the textile world that creates garments. Thank you ever so!
luke, this was absolutely brilliant. a wonderful theme magically executed. thankyou for sharing it. Kudos to Andrew and his team for thinking outside the norm and curating not just an exhibition, but an Experience (with a capital E)
It’s a beautiful exhibit! Thanks for bringing it to us!
"we're missing the fire nation" as a throw-away line got me roling XD
Remembering you saying a few videos ago that Native Plants are your Roman Empire and well YES!
23:48 shout out to Ladew Gardens in Maryland for their butterfly garden of local plants and flowers. It’s lovely 🦋
It was so surreal actually being able to visit this exhibit. I have watched their online tours for the past few years and to be able to finally see this in person was AMAZING. Some of the outfits were STUNNING!
this was tough..... very early into the video i couldn't make up my mind to watch the fashion side or your side. I eventually gave up (easily done) and stuck with you. I don't think I've ever enjoyed you more in a video. I felt I really saw your personal connection to fashion and why you involve yourself in the field. Well done, Luke.
This video explained to me the whys of you as a clothing "nerd" that is super passionate in all your reaction videos. I'm not into fashion, but I'm into being entertained with your commentary!
all the fashion knowledge i have is thanks to Luke and Andrea's Galaxy. When I serve looks, I want to make them proud.
When we lived in Dallas, we had a specific set of planters for herbs near our glass kitchen door. One Mother’s Day, we noticed a caterpillar, which started an annual event in our house of cataloging how many feasted on parsley (I can’t remember if it was Italian or native), how large they grew in a matter of days, their journey to cocoon, and then butterfly. Placement of the planters mattered; if we put them in a different spot, they did not come, and if grouped, they could cross one planter to the next via the plants. We always ran out of planted parsley before they were done for the season (nurseries in TX stop selling parsley plants due to the heat by a particular time each summer), but they would eat sprigs I left for them.
Now that we live in Portland, we feed hummingbirds on our balcony.
Thank you for this! I thoroughly enjoyed it!!
Thank you ❤ I love that you talk about origin plants and animals- it's so important and : invasive plants and animals can destroy so much, even if you think they are pretty in the first place.
I am one of those people who love fashion for the clothes and the history, as well! It excites my soul to see someone else's eye light up while they consume fashion content. I already watched that video, so I was excited to see you react to it!
Thank you for sharing this! Love!
Luke- are you familiar with the Native Habitat Project guy on RUclips (shorts, specifically)? He’s a native plant QUEEN. He’s focused on north Alabama grassland ecosystems and showcases local ecotypes and niche habitats like limestone glades. I think you’d really enjoy watching his stuff.
Thank you. Wish I could have experienced in person but very happy you posted this video.
I'm not a fashion person, but this was beautiful ❤ this was art, not fast fashion
Really liked this video since I won't get to see exhibits in person. Thanks Luke!
I’m so glad you shared this with us. I wish I could see it in person.
This is my favorite video on this channel.
This literally sounds like an exhibit made for me. Between fashion, history and the concept itself, I'm so upset I can't go see this one and I really really hope in the future something similar and just as unique pops up.
I love this. Insight into the garment makes it all the more beautiful
Thank you for sharing this with thise of us who cant attend. What a remarkable exhibit! The AI motion of that dress was simply amazing
Yet another f*cking amazing video. Loved, loved, loved!
i always love your roasts & reviews but what i love even more is your fashion history videos ❤
Incredibly marvellous. It’s really one of those exhibits that would peak the interests of fashion enthusiasts, historians, those interested in knowing more about the many inspirations of fashion. I cannot wait to see it in New York
I loved this video. I would very much love to see it in person. Thank you, Luke!
Another wonderful video, especially for those of us who will not be able to see the exhibit. Thank you for helping me to continue to learn.
I will be visiting in the next month so I think I will revisit this video after this, thanks!!
Quite simply, Luke, thank you!
Fascinating! I had never thought of the multi-sensory aspect of fashion. This has totally changed the way I look at fashion, and I can appreciate the many levels of what a garment might represent.
I live in Australia. Thanks for video. I’m gutted I will never get to see this exhibition. Your best video yet 🤘
Fabulous video and I love your extra knowledge that added more details - I believe the razor clam dress was worn by Erin O’Conner and she said in a interview that her hands wear cut to shreds but it felt right to brake the clams etc
This is very exciting to hear from Luke! 🙂
So happy to share this for the first time with you.
This is a lens through which I can appreciate fashion. I love observing how garments lived in their prime beyond just looking at them on a mannequin. It really helps you absorb the full artistry of it
I always love learning new things. I am fascinated with the fabrics, materials, weaving, dying, and process techniques behind the incredible finished products. Fashion is an incredible for of art and self-expression because it is something a human might wear on the most important day of their life, an everyday garment, or one they choose to be buried in. No other art expression is quite so personal except perhaps body modification such as tattooing. For the word "ochre" which can refer to a color of dye it is pronounced as "Oak-ER", not "okra" which is a plant often cooked in African and in the American South in tradition side dishes like gumbo.
This was beautiful. Thanks for sharing this with us. I love the smell of milkweed flowers.
Mark, that video was so bloody informative and I really enjoyed watching it with your commentary over the top. Thanks! :)
Ty for a excellent preview, Mr Haute le mode, will go see
I love caution for all exhibition. Buildings and sculptures require an appropriate amount of space and light to be best appreciated. Media and fashion can be best appreciated with light and media. I have always wanted to be a part of curation. It made me super geek out over this episode. The Buckminster Fuller at the Whitney in Manhattan is still one of my favorites.
🎶Ding ding ding when they hem🎶
I've been a subscriber of your channel for years (mostly for the shade) 😏 But this was a truly fascinating video. Thank you, Luke!
Thank you for this content I really appreciate you. I no longer live in NYC so I don’t have access to the great array of museums. I love ❤❤ clothing & fashion, so yes I am a nerd about it and this video is so informative and SUPER Kool. Thank you again TTYL :)
Truly incredible ❤
Really enjoyed watching this - as a side note The Nightingale and The Rose doesn't end well as the rose is thrown away without a care. Recommend reading the Oscar Wilde Fairy Tales even though they are incredibly sad
I love this video, it's so fascinating! Especially as a European who can't see the exhibit myself 🥰
Thank you for sharing this! I probably never would have had the chance to see it otherwise.❤❤
Thank you for this. The history is amazing.
Thanks Luke. Wish I could have seen this in person.
Thank you for sharing this with us, it was so interesting and informative.