CONTEMPORARY MUSLIM FASHIONS
‘Contemporary Muslim Fashions’ is traveling from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco to New York’s Museum Mile. A timely exploration of Muslim fashion, this exhibition considers how Muslim women are “arbiters of style”, and have influenced world markets as designers, entrepreneurs and consumers. Alongside photographs, interviews and other documentation, it displays about 80 ensembles from both established and emerging designers, including Melinda Looi, Itang Yunasz, Dian Pelangi, Sarah Elenany, Haslinda Rahim, Barjis Chohan and Windri Widiesta Dhari. These creators represent a stylistic range – from sportswear and streetwear to couture – and numerous world countries and cultures. A catalogue was produced which further explores the exhibition themes of representation, modest fashion, religious and cultural identity, sustainability and ethical fashion practices.
February 28 to August 23, 2020 Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York www.cooperhewitt.org