Is Fashion Art? An Evening With Valerie Steele
If anyone was to answer the question of is fashion art? it’s definitely Valerie Steele.
Overview
With the GoMA’s recent Valentino, Retrospective: Past/Present/Future exhibition putting Brisbane on the cultural map and the Met’s Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty smashing attendance records for the prestigious gallery, it raises the question: is fashion art?
It’s a question that beckons a myriad of varying responses, but most can and will get lost in a vortex of useless words and information. So who can we turn to for an answer? Valerie Steele.
If you’re not familiar with the blonde historian, let me put it into perspective for you: with a Yale PhD under her belt, Steele’s currently working as Director and Chief-Curator of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, has curated more than 20 exhibitions and authored numerous books on fashion, including Gothic: Dark Glamour and the Encyclopedia of clothing and fashion. Constantly quoted in the media, lecturing frequently and making numerous television appearances, she’s earned her place in the New York Daily News’ “Fashion’s 50 Most Powerful.”
So, if anyone was to answer the question of is fashion art? it’s definitely Valerie Steele. Head down to The Loft on Thursday and hear a bit of the brainier side of fashion from one of fashion’s brainiest women.
