The work of the late, great designer Lee Alexander McQueen consistently blurred the lines between fashion and art, a fact celebrated in the exhibition Lee Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse which put his work in conversation with artists who drew on similar themes and visual references.
Curators Clarissa Esguerra and Michaela Hansen join us to discuss th ... Show More
Jul 27
Finding Beauty, an Interview with Photographer Tony Vaccaro (Dressed Classic)
In this very special 2019 episode, we talked to the photographer Tony Vaccaro about his prolific seventy-plus year career photographing fashion, celebrity and World War. His subjects include Dovima, Verushka, Hubert de Givenchy, Pablo Picasso and Georgia O'Keefe. Learn more about ... Show More
40m 39s
Apr 2023
Karl Lagerfeld at the Met: Designer, Polymath, Jigsaw Puzzle
<p>Ahead of the opening of “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty” exhibition, the Costume Institute’s head curator discusses the legendary designer’s work and lasting impact.</p><br><p><strong>Background:</strong></p><p>Andrew Bolton, the head curator of The Metropolitan Museum of Ar ... Show More
31m 39s
Feb 2024
Merchants of Style with Natasha Degen
On this episode we speak with Natasha Degen, Professor and Chair, Art Market Studies, Fashion Institute of Technology about the uneasy symbiosis of fashion and art that she examines in depth in her recent book Merchants of Style: Art and Fashion After Warhol,. We talk about the e ... Show More
1h 50m
Jan 2022
Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr: Rodarte Designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy on Film, the Mushroom Dress, and Their Imaginative World
<p>Kate and Laura Mulleavy are the brilliant minds behind the fashion label Rodarte. Since 2005, the sisters have been creating some of fashion’s most coveted looks, and their work has been seen on stylish women such as Kirsten Dunst and Lady Gaga and in museums around the world, ... Show More
42m 18s
Mar 2020
Why Art and Fashion Need Each Other Now
For its first-ever live episode, recorded at the 2020 Armory Show, the Art Angle brought on couture wunderkind Sander Lak, the creative director of the white-hot Sies Marjan, to discuss the intersection of art and fashion. The Dutch designer, who named his label after his parents ... Show More
26m 3s
Sep 2020
Fashion: Alexander McQueen
Throughout the ‘90s and 2000s, the world knew Alexander McQueen as the “hooligan of English fashion.” Celebrities like Lady Gaga, Naomi Campbell and Rihanna all walked Hollywood red carpets in his glamorous gowns. But behind his masterful designs was a man who battled addiction, ... Show More
49m 47s