Fendi dedicates 57th Street Flagship windows to Karl Lagerfeld
It's all about Karl.
From Monday to May 10, Fendi will transform the windows of its New York flagship on the corner of 57th Street in Manhattan's Fuller Building to celebrate the work of the house's late artistic director, Karl Lagerfeld.
Lagerfeld, who spent 54 years at Fendi, is the subject of the annual exhibition on fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute titled "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty." The exhibition will be open to the public from May 5 to July 15.
Fendi's flagship houses collections of women's and men's ready-to-wear, accessories and leather goods on two levels. The iconic building, originally designed to house art galleries, was reinterpreted in 2021 in a one-of-a-kind concept by Fendi in collaboration with current creative directors Kim Jones and Silvia Venturini Fendi, transforming the idea from a gallery into a new contemporary space.
Related GalleriesIn honor of the exhibit, the store front on 57th Street will feature the sketches from the Fendi archives of Lagerfeld, featuring three floors of windows on digital screens. In addition, 15 archive looks designed by Lagerfeld for Fendi and selected from the house's ready-to-wear, fur and couture collections will be displayed in three groups in the store's windows, in addition to a inside the venue's oversized glass sphere suspended from the ceiling overlooking Madison Avenue.
The sketches range from fall 1966 to fall 2018, depicting some of Lagerfeld's iconic designs for Fendi throughout the decades. The archive looks were curated by Fendi's creative directors, with creative advice from Amanda Harlech. Geometric patterns are carefully played in the first group of looks ranging from the 60s and 70s to a shaved mink fur coat from Spring 2014 and a tulle dress from Fall 1998. Techniques include symmetrical diagonal fabrication, the herringbone sewn mink and the screen printing giving a faded effect.
In the second group of looks, volume and artisanal mastery are explored, with a top and a fall 1979 trousers and a fall 2000 inlaid geometric mink coat.
A collection of mixed-material feathered looks, launched on the catwalks from 2015 to 2019, brings together the third group. The glass sphere will display a Spring 2000 dress in silver chiffon and sequins in yellow. The dress features a unique geometric fabrication, creating a sequin patchwork effect. The look was later reimagined by Kim Jones in a mint green and silver dress in the Fall 2022 couture collection, as a tribute to Lagerfeld.
Lagerfeld died on February 19, 2019.
In addition to the store's flagship installation, Fendi will be present in the Bergdorf Goodman window at from the end of April until mid-May. The New York installation also acknowledges the Lagerfeld exhibit at the Met and features a selection of archival Fendi looks designed by Lagerfeld from the spring of 1985 to 1992, including printed and colorful dresses in silk, linen and sequins.
It's all about Karl.
From Monday to May 10, Fendi will transform the windows of its New York flagship on the corner of 57th Street in Manhattan's Fuller Building to celebrate the work of the house's late artistic director, Karl Lagerfeld.
Lagerfeld, who spent 54 years at Fendi, is the subject of the annual exhibition on fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute titled "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty." The exhibition will be open to the public from May 5 to July 15.
Fendi's flagship houses collections of women's and men's ready-to-wear, accessories and leather goods on two levels. The iconic building, originally designed to house art galleries, was reinterpreted in 2021 in a one-of-a-kind concept by Fendi in collaboration with current creative directors Kim Jones and Silvia Venturini Fendi, transforming the idea from a gallery into a new contemporary space.
Related GalleriesIn honor of the exhibit, the store front on 57th Street will feature the sketches from the Fendi archives of Lagerfeld, featuring three floors of windows on digital screens. In addition, 15 archive looks designed by Lagerfeld for Fendi and selected from the house's ready-to-wear, fur and couture collections will be displayed in three groups in the store's windows, in addition to a inside the venue's oversized glass sphere suspended from the ceiling overlooking Madison Avenue.
The sketches range from fall 1966 to fall 2018, depicting some of Lagerfeld's iconic designs for Fendi throughout the decades. The archive looks were curated by Fendi's creative directors, with creative advice from Amanda Harlech. Geometric patterns are carefully played in the first group of looks ranging from the 60s and 70s to a shaved mink fur coat from Spring 2014 and a tulle dress from Fall 1998. Techniques include symmetrical diagonal fabrication, the herringbone sewn mink and the screen printing giving a faded effect.
In the second group of looks, volume and artisanal mastery are explored, with a top and a fall 1979 trousers and a fall 2000 inlaid geometric mink coat.
A collection of mixed-material feathered looks, launched on the catwalks from 2015 to 2019, brings together the third group. The glass sphere will display a Spring 2000 dress in silver chiffon and sequins in yellow. The dress features a unique geometric fabrication, creating a sequin patchwork effect. The look was later reimagined by Kim Jones in a mint green and silver dress in the Fall 2022 couture collection, as a tribute to Lagerfeld.
Lagerfeld died on February 19, 2019.
In addition to the store's flagship installation, Fendi will be present in the Bergdorf Goodman window at from the end of April until mid-May. The New York installation also acknowledges the Lagerfeld exhibit at the Met and features a selection of archival Fendi looks designed by Lagerfeld from the spring of 1985 to 1992, including printed and colorful dresses in silk, linen and sequins.
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