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A Guide to Fashion Forecasting - Fairchild Books

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fIgure 1.9 events at the<br />

metropolitan museum of<br />

Art in New york City, such<br />

as this “Alexander mcQueen:<br />

savage beauty” exhibition,<br />

can have a major influence<br />

on the fashion industry.<br />

22 The Principles of <strong>Fashion</strong> <strong>Forecasting</strong><br />

The museum periodically shows portions of the collection in exhibitions,<br />

which often become influential <strong>to</strong> the fashion professionals of the day.<br />

“Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty” was presented in 2011. Web site:<br />

www.metmuseum.org.<br />

The Museum at FIT (<strong>Fashion</strong> Institute of Technology) in New York<br />

City creates exhibitions that are educational and entertaining. They collect,<br />

conserve, and present fashions as his<strong>to</strong>rical presentations as well as<br />

inspire through creative interpretations. Web site: www.fitnyc.edu.<br />

At the Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York City, Sonia Delaunay’s<br />

work was shown in an exhibit called “Color Moves: Art and <strong>Fashion</strong> by<br />

Sonia Delaunay.” Web site: www.cooperhewitt.org.<br />

The Vic<strong>to</strong>ria and Albert Museum in London presents fashion<br />

exhibits including contemporary fashion icons such as Yohji Yamamo<strong>to</strong><br />

and Vivienne Westwood, as well as his<strong>to</strong>rical exhibitions<br />

presenting fashions from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.<br />

Web site: www.vam.ac.uk.

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