Have you ever attended a FIDM Museum event? A Luncheon & Lecture Day, Royal Tea, Wine Dinner, Gala Night, or even a trip abroad? If so, you’re already familiar with the FIDM Museum Fashion Council, our institution’s dynamic support organization! This fashionable fundraising group was established in 2011 to help raise money for the Helen Larson Historic Fashion Collection, and to promote the Museum’s educational mission. It’s scope has grown tremendously in the past seven years; the group is now an essential part of the FIDM Museum’s overall acquisition and programming projects.
We want to recognize Fashion Council members for their tireless hard work with an exhibition that shows just how important their efforts have been for the Museum’s Collection. We are delighted to announce the opening of Acquiring Beauty: FIDM Museum Fashion Council, Est. 2011 on February 6, 2018 in the FIDM Museum History Gallery. This ‘Gallery of Wonders’ will show an eclectic mix of historic garments, accessories, and textiles – chosen exclusively because they represent the very best of their kind – and all underwritten (or as they say, ‘adopted’) collectively or individually by our Fashion Council members.
Thank you FIDM Museum Fashion Council for the enthusiasm and depth of outreach you bring to every stylish fund-raising event. This exhibition celebrates your dedication, and welcomes those who would like to join the fun! Below, get a preview of just a few of the outstanding objects featured in this one-of-a-kind exhibition.
Bodice worn by Lady Mary Douglas at the Coronation of King George III
Great Britain, 1761
Cloth of gold, gold & silver thread, spangles
Helen Larson Historic Fashion Collection, 2017.5.32
FIDM Museum Purchase: Funds raised by the FIDM Museum Fashion Council [2011-2015]
Kostio de War Metallic Knit Ensemble, 1937
2015.5.66A-C
FIDM Museum Purchase: Funds raised by the FIDM Museum Fashion Council, 2017
Evening dress, Fall/Winter 2008-9
Commissioned 2010
Alexander McQueen
Museum Commission, Funds provided by Karen Coombs-Jordan
2010.5.73
Norma Kamali Jumpsuit, c. 1984
2013.5.13
FIDM Museum Purchase: Funds generously donated by Linda & Steven Plochocki
Duvelleroy Cat Fan, c. 1900
2016.975.8AB
Gift of Fashion Council Member Mona Lee Nesseth
Zandra Rhodes Evening Ensemble, Fall 1981
2015.5.33A-C
FIDM Museum Purchase: Funds raised by the FIDM Museum Fashion Council, 2015
