Most of the items in the Peabody Essex’s newly-acquired fashion gold mine were first displayed at the Metropolitan Museum‘s 2005 exhibition “Rare Bird of Fashion: The Irreverent Iris Apfel.” A capsule version of the Met exhibit traveled to the Salem museum in 2009.
Inspired by Apfel’s gift, businessman George Putnam decided to sponsor a curatorial fellowship in fashion and textiles. The Peabody Essex is about to become a major hub for fashion history and scholarship: let’s go!
Image via Ivan Nikolov / WENN.com
[via Boston Globe]
