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To Dress. Towards a Costume Culture Museum
Evagoras and Kathleen Lanitis Foundation
Limassol, Cyprus
Date
12 December 2007 until 30 January 2008
Project type
History, Culture, Fashion, Clothing
Production
Catherine Louis Nikita
Curation
Ioanna Papantoniou
Collaboration
Peloponnese Folkloric Foundation of Nafplio, Greece
This exhibition is mainly based on the apparel collection of the Peloponnese Folkloric Foundation of Nafplio. It consists of museum pieces of clothing from the 18th to the 21st century, which cover the whole evolution period of fashion in Europe, thus outlining its distinct dress code. Moreover, masterpieces are also being presented by modern Greek designers such as Yannis Evangelidis, Jean Desses and James Galanos and designers of worldwide status, like Lanvin, Dior, J. P. Gaultier, John Galliano and others…
One part of the exhibition is dedicated to Cypriot designers who, through their creativity have influenced the local but also international fashion scene in recent years. In fact, there will be pieces presented by Hussein Chalayan, Kika Ioannidou, Helena Strogyliotou, Erotokritos, Pantelis Mitsou, Ioanna Louka, Ramona Filip and Natar & Yastrobnik.















