Phoenix Art Museum will present its newest fashion exhibition, “Colorwear: A Kaleidoscope of Fashion,” starting in April.
The exhibition commemorates the 60th anniversary of Phoenix Art Museum’s fashion collection by presenting a chromatic celebration of colorful ensembles and accessories. This exhibition reveals how North American and European designers including Hubert de Givenchy, Olivier Lapidus, Tina Leser, and Giorgio di Sant’Angelo have used color as a source of inspiration.
In addition to gowns and dresses, the exhibition features some of the smallest objects in the museum’s fashion holdings, such as Judith Leiber pillboxes encased in multihued crystals, psychedelic scarves, and shoes that evoke the golden tones of an Egyptian burial or the bold explosion of graffiti paint.