FIDM Magazine

FIDM Costume Exhibit Featured on KTLA

Gayle Anderson visited FIDM's Art of Motion Picture Costume Design exhibition, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary, and filmed a live segment for KTLA featuring Nick Verreos.

Watch the video clip here.

Watch ABC7 Clip on FIDM's Costume Exhibit

 

ABC7 has a news story about FIDM's 20th annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design exhibition, which opens today and runs through April 28th. More than 100 costumes from 20 films released in 2011, are on display at FIDM's Museum & Galleries.

The exhibition includes selected costumes from all five 2011 Academy Award® Nominees for Costume Design: W/E, Hugo, Jane Eyre, The Artist, and Anonymous. Highlighted in the exhibition is the previous year’s Academy Award® winner for Costume Design, Alice in Wonderland. A gown from Alice in Wonderland will greet visitors as they enter the galleries

Open Tuesday through Saturday, from 10am to 5pm.

FABULOUS! Exhibition at FIDM Museum & Galleries

FABULOUS! Ten Years of FIDM Museum Acquisitions, 2000-2010 is opening on September 13, 2011 at FIDM's Museum & Galleries. This exhibition will showcase an unprecedented array of dress and textile objects from FIDM's collection.

FABULOUS! celebrates the past decade of collecting at the FIDM Museum in Los Angeles. With a surge in extraordinary donations and purchases between 2000 and the present, the FIDM Museum collection has attained new eminence and richness, particularly in the areas of 19th– and 20th–century haute couture, mid–20th century American designers, and international contemporary designers.

The exhibition includes 175 donated and purchased garments and accessories worn by women, men, and children spanning 1800 to 2010. FABULOUS! highlights include: a white gauze French empire gown, a luxurious embroidered court suit worn by Austrian composer Johann Hummel (1778–1837), a Redfern court gown from 1907, and an Alexander McQueen couture gown from Fall/Winter 2008–09.

Exhibition categories include French Haute Couture, International contemporary designers, and Mid–20th century American designers. The exhibition catalogue (pictured) is for sale in the FIDM Museum Shop.

FIDM Museum & Galleries and FIDM Museum Shop Host Two Events

On Thursday, August 11, 2011, FIDM Museum Shop presents Pearls: The LBD of Jewelry, a presentation and trunk show from Hilary Beane Design. The presentation and Q&A with the jewelry designer is from 12:30pm to 1:30pm, while the trunk show is from 1:30pm to 5:30pm.

Later that evening, FIDM Museum & Galleries hosts a free summer panel, Defining Style: A Conversation With Stylists. Held in Room 500 of FIDM's Los Angeles campus, the panelists include Kendrick Osorio, Jean Getson, Melissa Chataigne, and moderator Jane Seward from California Apparel News.

Light refreshments will be served in the Museum foyer at 5:30pm). The panel discussion is from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. Please RSVP at rsvp@fidmmuseum.org.

LBD Exhibition Featured on Reelz Channel

The Reelz Channel recently visited FIDM's Museum & Galleries for a special segment on the LBD (Little Black Dress) exhibition. You may view the clip here.

Attend FIDM's Open House

FIDM welcomes all 2011 and 2012 accepted students to join us for our Summer Open House on August 13, 2011 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at any of our four California campuses. Meet faculty, current students, and alumni plus experience the creative vibe and get a feel for campus life.

 (Pictured at left, the library at FIDM Orange County.)

"Little Black Dress" Exhibition at FIDM Museum & Galleries Opens Today

The FIDM Museum & Galleries' latest exhibition, LBD: An Homage to Breakfast at Tiffany’s, showcases exceptional contemporary examples from Graduates such as Kevan Hall, Monique Lhuillier, Chan Luu, Marlene Stewart and more. A 1940s' Christian Dior piece and other examples from the FIDM Museum’s permanent collection will provide an opportunity to explore the wide range within this design ideal.

Laura Goldsmith, Chan Luu, and Kevan Hall

 Exhibition highlights include:

• -A line-for-line re-creation of Audrey Hepburn's iconic LBD, on loan from Hubert de Givenchy Couture.
• -Rip-away dress by Marlene Stewart, 1994, worn by Jamie Lee Curtis in the James Cameron film, True Lies.
• -True Blood, Latex dress collaboration between True Blood Costume Designer Audrey Fisher and Syren Couture, worn by Kristin Bauer van Straten as Pam in the HBO series. Illustration by Imogene Chayes (FIDM Graduate).
• -Alias, little black dress worn by Jennifer Garner as Sydney Bristow, in the ABC TV show. Costume designed by Laura Goldsmith.
• -Christian Dior cocktail dress, c. 1949 (Loan courtesy of Linda Plochocki)

 

Accompanying the dresses are illustrations from FIDM Students. Costume Design students will present their new looks for the Holly Golightly of 2012, and Fashion Design students will display the latest interpretations of the epitome of chic.

LBD: An Homage to Breakfast at Tiffany’s opens June 15th and will run through August 13th, Tuesday–Saturday 10am–4 pm. The installation is free and open to the public. A special, free lecture series will be announced.

Photos by Alex J. Berliner/abimages

Check out what Style Scene has to say about the exhibition.

True Grit Actress Hailee Steinfeld Visits FIDM Museum

Actress Hailee Steinfeld visited FIDM this week and toured the 19th Annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibition. The costumes that she wore as Mattie Ross in the film True Grit are on display, along with costumes from over 20 movies from 2010.

Tomorrow, April 30th, is the last day to see the exhibition. It's open from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

Mad Men Costume Designer To Visit LA Campus

Janie Bryant, Costume Designer of Mad Men and Deadwood, will be visiting FIDM’s LA Campus on Wednesday, February 16. FIDM Students can take part in a Q & A with the Emmy Award-winning designer and discuss the process behind her character-defining, refined retro styles. Janie will be speaking in the Annex, Third Floor Media Room, at 12:00 noon. Afterwards, she will be signing her book, The Fashion File: Advice, Tips and Inspiration from the Costume Designer of Mad Men, in the foyer of the FIDM Museum Shop. A perfect lunchtime for Film & TV Costume Design Majors!

 

FIDM Hollywood Exhibition Featured in L.A. Times

The L.A Times has a report from Saturday's preview of "The Art of Motion Picture Costume Design" exhibition, which is now open to the public. On view are more than 100 costumes from 21 films, including Alice in Wonderland, True Grit, The King's Speech, and The Tempest, among others.