McCord Museum

Balenciaga: McCord exhibition sheds light on the master of couture and his legacy

Balenciaga is a label that can generate strong opinions. On the one hand, you have the “master,’’ as his contemporaries called Cristóbal Balenciaga at the height of the haute couture years, the 50s and 60s. On the other hand, today Demna Gvasalia is at the helm of the storied house, upending fashion as we have [...]

Expo 67: one square-toed pump in the past, a giant fashion leap forward

It’s a given that Expo 67 was the dawn of a bright new era for Montreal, a beacon to the future – in fashion, arts, architecture, technology and society in general. But it might come as a surprise that much of the fashion on display at Fashioning Expo 67, the new exhibition at the McCord [...]

By | March 19th, 2017|Tags: , , , , , , |Comments Off on Expo 67: one square-toed pump in the past, a giant fashion leap forward

Eleganza: must-see Italian fashion exhibition opens at McCord Museum

Quality and craftsmanship: those are the pillars of Italian fashion we all know and talk about. But a visit to Eleganza, the new exhibition at the McCord Museum, also shows off the glamour, elegance, romance, whimsy and frequent funkiness of Italian fashion. For glamour and elegance, look no further than Tom Ford’s plunging, slinky white [...]

By | May 25th, 2016|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Eleganza: must-see Italian fashion exhibition opens at McCord Museum