Yesterday we went to an exhibition titled The Body: Fashion and Physique, at the Fashion Institute of Technology museum, 27th st at 7th avenue in Manhattan. It was a historical look at how our perceptions of the "ideal" female form has evolved over the past few hundred years, showing the clothes with their underpinnings: lots of terrific corsets, and some very informative placards and videos. It's on until May 2018, and I'd highly recommend it to anyone who shares an interest in female costume, whether or not you are into wearing it.
Of course I was fully en femme wearing my black-and-white dress with silver jewelry, bundled up against the bitter cold with two scarves boots and gloves. Most of the time my wig is warm enough but yesterday I was wishing for a big fur hat as well. Anyway we met two GG friends at the museum and afterward all went out together for Asian food, then the other two went off on their evening and my darling and I took ourselves to the movies.
So it got me wondering, FIT always has interesting exhibitions in their museum and galleries, we get there two or three times a year to take it all in, I've posted about these adventures before on this site. It got me wondering how many of you would not miss such an exhibition, whether in NYC or in your nearest big city, and whether you would go to it dressed en drab or all pretty? Or is historical costume and fashion theory too abstract to be of interest to you?