What is it about?
The exhibition El Arte de la Indumentaria y Moda en Mexico was an exhibition presented in 2016 in Mexico City that surveyed fashion and traditional dress and textiles from 1940 to 2015. The exhibition was curated by Ana Elena Mallet and Jorge Coronel and the main idea in the exhibition was that fashion and costume traditions in Mexico are the product of the blending of multiple cultures.
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Why is it important?
This is a thoughtful and thorough review of the first exhibition surveying Mexican fashion and costume. It is a valuable text to understand the significance of fashion in this country and how it relates to other disciplines.
Perspectives
I thought that writing a review of El Arte de la Indumentaria y la Moda en México was necessary given the quality of the exhibition. This survey of Mexican fashion and traditional dress from 1945-2015 was groundbreaking and the curator Ana Elena Mallet is notable for her academic rigor in the field of design. I hope that this review will be useful for those interested in fashion in Latin America.
Tanya Melendez
The Museum at FIT
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This page is a summary of: El Arte de la Indumentaria y la Moda en México, 1940–2015, Palacio de Cultura Banamex-Palacio de Iturbide, Mexico City, May 4–September 25, 2016, Fashion Theory, October 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/1362704x.2018.1499195.
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