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designs on the future; A new exhibition asks fashion's stars to gaze into a crystal ball-and then create their glimpses of tomorrow.(Brief article)
Byline: Mark Holgate
Before I started working on this project," says Olivier Theyskens, sculpting a crocheted dress constructed from yards and yards of shimmering yarn, "I felt it was important to distinguish between 'future' and 'futurism.'_" Wise words from Theyskens regarding his contribution to "Future Fashion," an exhibition of visionary looks and the original sketches instigated by Neiman Marcus that launches in October in Dallas at their downtown location. Twenty-six designers were invited by the store's fashion director, Ken Downing, to imagine where design will go next, whether that means five or 500 years hence. Theyskens was concerned that simply drawing on "futurism" would result in ...
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