Dua Lipa and Donatella Versace (Photo courtesy of Versace)
The following is a press release from Versace:
The Versace “La Vacanza” fashion show, will take place on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, in Cannes, France. The show will feature a women’s collection co-designed by Donatella Versace and Dua Lipa. The “La Vacanza” collection will be available in store and on-line on Versace.com immediately following the show.
“I have always been inspired by a collaborative design process. Working with Dua on this collection has been very exciting and I love the dynamic between us. Dua is strong, fearless, and free and her creative vision is exceptional. Summer is a magical time. We will capture this feeling and the colours of that time of the year with a truly special and intimate fashion show in Cannes.” – Donatella Versace, Chief Creative Officer, Versace
“I am absolutely thrilled to have co-designed the women’s “La Vacanza” collection for Versace with Donatella. She and I have formed such a strong bond over the years, and I’m so grateful for the support I’ve received from her and the whole team since the very beginning of my career. For her to give me the honor of co-designing this collection and letting all my summer inspirations go wild has been a dream. I am so very proud of this collection and cannot wait to debut it in Cannes.” – Dua Lipa
An unidentified man, John Varvatos, Vera Wang, Thom Browne, Michael Kors, Ralph Lauren, Diane von Furstenberg, Donna Karan, Jason Wu, Alexander Wang, Tommy Hilfiger, Marcus Wainwright at the 35th annual CFDA Fashion Awards at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City on June 4, 2018. (Photo courtesy of BFA)
The following is a press release from Council of Fashion Designers of America:
On June 4, 2018, the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) paid tribute to the winners and honorees of the 2018 CFDA Fashion Awards in Partnership with Swarovski at the Brooklyn Museum in New York. Issa Rae, the star of HBO’s hit show “Insecure,” was the host for the evening. The Awards took place in partnership with Swarovski for the seventeenth consecutive year.
The evening’s Womenswear Designer of the Year honor went to Raf Simons for Calvin Klein, presented by Cate Blanchett. Supreme took home the Menswear Designer of the Year award, presented by Trevor Noah. Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen were named Accessory Designer of the Year, presented to them by Julia Garner.
Karlie Kloss presented the Swarovski Award for Emerging Talent to Sander Lak for Sies Marjan. The designer will receive generous financial support from the company as well as exposure to the company’s vast and innovative crystal products and applications for fashion.
Busy Philipps presented Kim Kardashian West with the CFDA’s first Influencer Award.
Naomi Campbell was named Fashion Icon, presented by Lee Daniels.
Oprah Winfrey presented Edward Enninful with the Media Award.
Donatella Versace was recognized with this year’s International Award, presented by Lupita Nyong’o.
The Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Narciso Rodriguez by Claire Danes.
The Founder’s Award in honor of Eleanor Lambert was presented to Carolina Herrera by Caroline Kennedy.
The Swarovski Award for Positive Change was presented to Diane von Furstenberg by Parkland student Delaney Tarr.
In one of the highlights of the evening, Ralph Lauren received A CFDA Members Salute by designers Vera Wang, Tommy Hilfiger, Michael Kors, Alexander Wang, Thom Browne, Jeffrey Banks, John Varvatos, Donna Karan, Marcus Wainwright, Jason Wu, and Diane von Furstenberg. Tory Burch, Carolina Herrera, Marc Jacobs, Norma Kamali, Calvin Klein, and Reed Krakoff participated in the salute via a soundscape.
“The range and depth of talent honored at the CFDA Fashion Awards is the perfect proof that American fashion is a global powerhouse,” said Steven Kolb, President and CEO of the CFDA. “I would like to thank Nadja Swarovski and Swarovski for their continued support of the CFDA Fashion Awards and American fashion.”
“It has been 17 years since Swarovski and the CFDA first partnered to recognize the talented minds of our industry at the CFDA Fashion Awards. Having the opportunity to witness the change and evolution of the American fashion industry over the last two decades has been a true inspiration and honor,” said Nadja Swarovski, Member of the Swarovski Executive Board. “In my mind, we celebrate fashion not only in its purest form of creating beautiful fabrics that adorn us, but as a true reflection of the Zeitgeist. It serves as a reminder that we influence so much more than what’s ‘in season’ – through fashion comes powerful self-expression and continuous empowerment.”
The 2018 CFDA Fashion Awards red carpet and ceremony were broadcast on Facebook Live at facebook.com/cfda. Additional highlights will be featured on www.cfda.com and CFDA’s YouTube channel on Tuesday, June 5th.
CFDA & SWAROVSKI:
Diane von Furstenberg, Steven Kolb, Nadja Swarovski
AWARDS HOST:
Issa Rae
CFDA FASHION AWARDS NOMINEES:
Womenswear: Raf Simons for Calvin Klein, Gabriela Hearst, Marc Jacobs, Virgil Abloh for Off-White, Ashley Olsen & Mary-Kate Olsen for The Row
Menswear: Raf Simons, for Calvin Klein, Virgil Abloh for Off-White, Supreme, Thom Browne, Tom Ford
Accessory: Stuart Vevers for Coach, Irene Neuwirth for Irene Neuwirth Jewelry, Rachel Mansur & Floriana Gavriel for Mansur Gavriel, Paul Andrew, Ashley Olsen & Mary-Kate Olsen for The Row
Swarovski Award for Emerging Talent: Mike Amiri for Amiri, Laura Vassar Brock & Kristopher Brock for Brock Collection, Aurora James for Brother Vellies, Kerby Jean-Raymond for Pyer Moss, Sander Lak for Sies Marjan
HONOREES: Naomi Campbell, Edward Enninful, Carolina Herrera, Kim Kardashian West, Ralph Lauren, Narciso Rodriguez, Donatella Versace, Diane von Furstenberg
PRESENTERS:
Issa Rae (Host), Cate Blanchett, Claire Danes, Lee Daniels, Julia Garner, Caroline Kennedy, Karlie Kloss, Trevor Noah, Lupita Nyong’o, Busy Phillips, Delaney Tarr, Oprah Winfrey
CELEBRITY GUESTS: Sarah Paulson, Brooke Shields, Diane Lane, Liya Kebede, Julianna Margulies, Jessica and Jerry Seinfeld, Katherine Langford, Lili Reinhart, Cole Sprouse, Amber Heard, Gigi Hadid, Anwar Hadid, Kendall Jenner, Rosario Dawson, Whoopi Goldberg, Kaia Gerber, Lewis Hamilton, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Laura Harrier, Julia Garner, Olivia Culpo, Jourdan Dunn, Ashley Graham, Victor Cruz, Jasmine Sanders, Irina Shayk, Erika Jayne, Lily Aldridge, Emily Ratajkowski, Shanina Shaik, Chanel Iman, Lais Ribeiro, Elsa Hosk, Josephine Skriver, Martha Hunt, Stella Maxwell, Sara Sampaio, Winnie Harlow, Grace Elizabeth, Hari Nef, Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent, Paul Wesley, Marley Shelton, Alessandra Ambrosio, Tracee Ellis Ross.
DESIGNERS: Alexander Wang, Tommy Hilfiger, Michael Kors, Fernando Garcia and Laura Kim, Donna Karan, Vera Wang, Erik Torstensson, Brett Heyman, Eva Zuckerman, Rachel Zoe, Rafe Totengco, Tanya Taylor, Kobi Halperin, Carly Cushnie, Nicole Miller, Danielle and Jodie Snyder, Zac Posen, Alexandre Birman, Rebecca Minkoff, Stacey Bendet Eisner, Sarah Flint, Tabitha Simmons, Sachin and Babi Ahluwalia, Christian Siriano, Joseph Altuzarra, Reed Krakoff, Prabal Gurung, Telfar Clemens, Phillip Lim.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
The CFDA Remembers segment honored the passing of Amsale Aberra, Azzedine Alaïa, Pierre Bergé, Benjamin Cho, Hubert de Givenchy, Lance Karesh, Judith Leiber, Bernadine Morris, and Virginia Thoren.
As part of the CFDA’s commitment to design education, CFDA member Phillip Lim acknowledged the following scholarships and post-graduate opportunities and their recipients.
CFDA Scholarship Awards: Hannah Hyesoo Kim, Rhode Island School of Design; Yayi Chen, Parsons School of Design
Geoffrey Beene Design Scholarship Award: Kritika Manchanda, Fashion Institute of Technology
Liz Claiborne Design Scholarship Award: Cameron Orland, Academy of Art University
Kenneth Cole Footwear Innovation Award: Susan Zienty, Academy of Art University
Lupita Nyong’o and Donatella Versace at the 35th annual CFDA Fashion Awards at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City on June 4, 2018. (Photo courtesy of BFA)
Ralph Lauren at the 35th annual CFDA Fashion Awards at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City on June 4, 2018. (Photo courtesy of BFA)
Cate Blanchett and Raf Simons at the 35th annual CFDA Fashion Awards at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City on June 4, 2018. (Photo courtesy of BFA)
Carolina Herrera and Caroline Kennedy at the 35th annual CFDA Fashion Awards at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City on June 4, 2018. (Photo courtesy of BFA)
Narciso Rodriguez at the 35th annual CFDA Fashion Awards at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City on June 4, 2018. (Photo courtesy of BFA)
Karlie Kloss and Sander Lak at the 35th annual CFDA Fashion Awards at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City on June 4, 2018. (Photo courtesy of BFA)
Gigi Hadid at the 35th annual CFDA Fashion Awards at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City on June 4, 2018. (Photo courtesy of BFA)
Diane Lane at the 35th annual CFDA Fashion Awards at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City on June 4, 2018. (Photo courtesy of BFA)
Delaney Tarr, Nadja Swarovski and Diane von Furstenberg at the 35th annual CFDA Fashion Awards at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City on June 4, 2018. (Photo courtesy of BFA)
Ashley Olsen, Julia Garner and Mary-Kate Olsen at the 35th annual CFDA Fashion Awards at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City on June 4, 2018. (Photo courtesy of BFA)
Issa Rae at the 35th annual CFDA Fashion Awards at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City on June 4, 2018. (Photo courtesy of BFA)
Nina Dobrev and Zac Posen at the 35th annual CFDA Fashion Awards at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City on June 4, 2018. (Photo courtesy of BFA)
Lee Daniels and Naomi Campbell at the 35th annual CFDA Fashion Awards at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City on June 4, 2018. (Photo courtesy of BFA)
Busy Philipps and Kim Kardashian West at the 35th annual CFDA Fashion Awards at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City on June 4, 2018. (Photo courtesy of BFA)
Joan Smalls and Brandon Maxwell at the 35th annual CFDA Fashion Awards at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City on June 4, 2018. (Photo courtesy of BFA)
Laura Harrier at the 35th annual CFDA Fashion Awards at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City on June 4, 2018. (Photo courtesy of BFA)
Lily Aldridge at the 35th annual CFDA Fashion Awards at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City on June 4, 2018. (Photo courtesy of BFA)
Edward Enninful and Oprah Winfrey at the 35th annual CFDA Fashion Awards at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City on June 4, 2018. (Photo courtesy of BFA)
Virgil Abloh at the 35th annual CFDA Fashion Awards at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City on June 4, 2018. (Photo courtesy of BFA)
Brooke Shields at the 35th annual CFDA Fashion Awards at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City on June 4, 2018. (Photo courtesy of BFA)
Whoopi Goldberg at the 35th annual CFDA Fashion Awards at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City on June 4, 2018. (Photo courtesy of BFA)
Olivia Culpo at the 35th annual CFDA Fashion Awards at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City on June 4, 2018. (Photo courtesy of BFA)
Kendall Jenner at the 35th annual CFDA Fashion Awards at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City on June 4, 2018. (Photo courtesy of BFA)
Kaia Jordan Gerber and Jason Wu at the 35th annual CFDA Fashion Awards at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City on June 4, 2018. (Photo courtesy of BFA)
Ciara at the 35th annual CFDA Fashion Awards at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City on June 4, 2018. (Photo courtesy of BFA)
Soo Joo Park at the 35th annual CFDA Fashion Awards at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City on June 4, 2018. (Photo courtesy of BFA)
Rachel Zoe at the 35th annual CFDA Fashion Awards at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City on June 4, 2018. (Photo courtesy of BFA)
The following is a press release from the Metropolitan Museum of Art:
Image 1 (left): El Greco, Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541–1609), ca. 1600, oil on canvas; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 (29.100.5) (Image courtesy of Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Image 2 (right): Evening Coat, Cristobal Balenciaga for House of Balenciaga, autumn/winter 1954–55; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Bryon C. Foy, 1957 (C.I.57.29.8) (Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Digital Composite Scan by Katerina Jebb)
Exhibition Dates:
May 10–October 8, 2018
Member Previews:
May 8–May 9, 2018
Exhibition Locations:
The Met Cloisters and The Met Fifth Avenue’s
Medieval Galleries and Anna Wintour Costume Center
Costume Institute Benefit on May 7 with Co-Chairs Amal Clooney, Rihanna, Donatella Versace, and Anna Wintour, and Honorary Chairs Christine and Stephen A. Schwarzman
The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that The Costume Institute’s spring 2018 exhibition will be Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination, on view from May 10 through October 8, 2018 (preceded on May 7 by The Costume Institute Benefit). Presented at The Met Fifth Avenue in both the medieval galleries and the Anna Wintour Costume Center, the show will also occupy The Met Cloisters, creating a trio of distinct gallery locations. The thematic exhibition will feature a dialogue between fashion and masterworks of religious art in The Met collection to examine fashion’s ongoing engagement with the devotional practices and traditions of Catholicism. A group of papal robes and accessories from the Vatican will travel to the United States to serve as the cornerstone of the exhibition, highlighting the enduring influence of liturgical vestments on designers.
The exhibition is made possible by Christine and Stephen A. Schwarzman, and Versace.
Additional support is provided by Condé Nast.
“The Catholic imagination is rooted in and sustained by artistic practice, and fashion’s embrace of sacred images, objects, and customs continues the ever-evolving relationship between art and religion,” said Daniel H. Weiss, President and CEO of The Met. “The Museum’s collection of religious art, in combination with the architecture of the medieval galleries and The Cloisters, provides the perfect context for these remarkable fashions.”
In celebration of the opening, the Museum’s Costume Institute Benefit, also known as The Met Gala, will take place on Monday, May 7, 2018. The evening’s co-chairs will be Amal Clooney, Rihanna, Donatella Versace, and Anna Wintour. Christine and Stephen A. Schwarzman will serve as Honorary Chairs. The event is The Costume Institute’s main source of annual funding for exhibitions, publications, acquisitions, and capital improvements.
“Fashion and religion have long been intertwined, mutually inspiring and informing one another,” said Andrew Bolton, Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute. “Although this relationship has been complex and sometimes contested, it has produced some of the most inventive and innovative creations in the history of fashion.”
Exhibition Overview
The exhibition will feature approximately 50 ecclesiastical masterworks from the Sistine Chapel sacristy, many of which have never been seen outside the Vatican. These will be on view in the Anna Wintour Costume Center galleries and will include papal vestments and accessories, such as rings and tiaras, from the 18th to the early 21st century, encompassing more than 15 papacies. The last time the Vatican sent a loan of this magnitude to The Met was in 1983, for The Vatican Collections exhibition, which is the Museum’s third most-visited show.
In addition, approximately 150 ensembles, primarily womenswear, from the early 20th century to the present will be shown in the medieval galleries and The Met Cloisters alongside religious art from The Met collection, providing an interpretative context for fashion’s engagement with Catholicism. The presentation situates these designs within the broader context of religious artistic production to analyze their connection to the historiography of material Christianity and their contribution to the perceptual construction of the Catholic imagination.
Designers in the exhibition will include Azzedine Alaïa, Cristobal Balenciaga, Geoffrey Beene, Marc Bohan (for House of Dior), Thom Browne, Roberto Capucci, Callot Soeurs, Jean Charles de Castelbajac, Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, Maria Grazia Chiuri (for House of Dior), Domenico Dolce & Stefano Gabbana (for Dolce & Gabbana), John Galliano (for House of Dior), Jean Paul Gaultier, Givenchy, Craig Green, Madame Grès (Alix Barton), Rei Kawakubo (for Comme des Garçons), Christian Lacroix, Karl Lagerfeld (for House of Chanel), Jeanne Lanvin, Shaun Leane, Claire McCardell, Laura and Kate Mulleavy (for Rodarte), Thierry Mugler, Norman Norell, Guo Pei, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli (for Valentino), Pierpaolo Piccioli (for Valentino), Elsa Schiaparelli, Raf Simons (for his own label and House of Dior), Riccardo Tisci (for Givenchy), Jun Takahashi (for Undercover), Isabel Toledo, Philip Treacy, Donatella Versace (for Versace), Gianni Versace, Valentina, A.F. Vandevorst, Madeleine Vionnet, and Vivienne Westwood.
Exhibition Credits
The exhibition—a collaboration between The Costume Institute and the Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters—is organized by Andrew Bolton, Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute, working together with colleagues in The Met’s Medieval department: C. Griffith Mann, Michel David-Weill Curator in Charge of the Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters; Barbara Drake Boehm, Paul and Jill Ruddock Senior Curator for The Met Cloisters; Helen C. Evans, Mary and Michael Jaharis Curator of Byzantine Art; and Melanie Holcomb, Curator.
Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R), the interdisciplinary architecture and design firm, will create the exhibition design with The Met’s Design Department. Raul Avila will produce the gala décor, which he has done since 2007.
Related Content
A publication by Andrew Bolton will accompany the exhibition and will include texts by authors David Morgan and David Tracy in addition to new photography by Katerina Jebb. It will be published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and distributed by Yale University Press.
A special feature on the Museum’s website, www.metmuseum.org/HeavenlyBodies, provides further information about the exhibition. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to join the conversation about the exhibition and gala. Use #MetHeavenlyBodies, #CostumeInstitute, and #MetGala on Instagram and Twitter.
