Preview The Costume Institute’s ‘Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination’
Mannequins wearing choral robes for the Spanish choir Orfeón Donostiarra that were designed by Cristobal Balenciaga.
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Preview The Costume Institute’s ‘Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination’
Image Credit: Donald Stahl A selection of Rodarte evening dresses from 2011 on view in the Robert Lehman gallery.
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Preview The Costume Institute’s ‘Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination’
Image Credit: Donald Stahl Thierry Mugler’s “L’Hiver des Anges” collection drew inspiration from angels, saints, and the Virgin.
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Preview The Costume Institute’s ‘Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination’
Image Credit: Donald Stahl A Mugler gold silk lame dress from fall 1984.
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Preview The Costume Institute’s ‘Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination’
Image Credit: Donald Stahl A closer look at the angelic undertones of a 1984 fall Mugler gown.
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Preview The Costume Institute’s ‘Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination’
Image Credit: Donald Stahl These 2011 Rodarte dresses borrowed from the color palette of Fra Aneglico paintings.
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Preview The Costume Institute’s ‘Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination’
Image Credit: Donald Stahl Roberto Capucci’s 1987 “Angel D’Oro” dress.
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Preview The Costume Institute’s ‘Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination’
Image Credit: Donald Stahl From the Vatican Collection, a white silk cope with gold embroidery, gold tinsel and gold paillettes.
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Preview The Costume Institute’s ‘Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination’
Image Credit: Donald Stahl John Paul II’s zimarra, fascia and zuchetto in white wool twill and silk moiré embroidered with polychrome silk.
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Preview The Costume Institute’s ‘Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination’
Image Credit: Donald Stahl John Paul II’s red leather and suede shoes were from the Italian shoemaker, during the last years of his pontificate. The color has been used for papal footwear for centuries.
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Preview The Costume Institute’s ‘Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination’
Image Credit: Donald Stahl The keys of Saint Peter made by the silversmith G. Landi for Leo XIII.
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Preview The Costume Institute’s ‘Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination’
Image Credit: Donald Stahl Dalmatic of Pius IX which images borrowed from well-known religious paintings by Italian artists.
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Preview The Costume Institute’s ‘Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination’
Image Credit: Donald Stahl A chasuble that was one of 12 vestments that were given to Pius IX in 1862.
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Preview The Costume Institute’s ‘Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination’
Image Credit: Donald Stahl A tiara of Pius IX that was a gift from the women of the royal court of Belgium.
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Preview The Costume Institute’s ‘Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination’
Image Credit: Donald Stahl Mitre of Pius XI that was a gift from the Italian prime minister Benito Mussolini to commemorate the 1929 Lateran Treaty.