Parsons presents the first New York exhibition of the work of designer Giorgio di Sant\u2019Angelo, an innovative Italian-born American designer from the 1960s through 1980s who explored the ways in which garments truly become the wearer\u2019s second skin. Playing with texture, transparency, and newly discovered fabric technology, Sant\u2019Angelo examined the relationship between exposure and concealment. A highlight from the exhibition is a nude sequined jumpsuit worn by Naomi Campbell and featured in an editorial shoot for Harper\u2019s Bazaar in 1991.<\/p>\n
The works on view are drawn from the Parsons Fashion Archive\u2014a collection of nearly 10,000 garments, including a number of pieces donated to Parsons by the Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Sant\u2019Angelo works were originally donated to the Met by Parsons faculty member Martin Price, Sant-Angelo\u2019s design assistant and partner, who has been an instrumental force in keeping Sant\u2019Angelo\u2019s spirit alive. The exhibition is curated by graduate students in the MA Fashion Studies program, the MA in the History of Decorative Arts and Design program, and the MArch program at Parsons under the supervision of faculty member Francesca Granata.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Parsons presents the first New York exhibition of the work of designer Giorgio di Sant\u2019Angelo, an innovative Italian-born American designer from the 1960s through 1980s who explored the ways in which garments truly become the wearer\u2019s second skin. Playing with texture, transparency, and newly discovered fabric technology, Sant\u2019Angelo examined the relationship between exposure and concealment. A highlight from the exhibition is a nude sequined jumpsuit worn by Naomi Campbell and featured in an editorial shoot for Harper\u2019s Bazaar in 1991. The works on view are drawn from the Parsons Fashion Archive\u2014a collection of nearly 10,000 garments, including a number of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":209,"featured_media":985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"year":[23],"class_list":["post-487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-past-exhibitions","year-23"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n