Iris Apfel:  Rare Bird of Fashion
May 20, 2008 through Sept 7, 2008

Approximately ninety extraordinary ensembles set in unusual tableaux representing varied international places shown on wittily posed mannequins, styles by Iris Apfel as she would wear them.   Whether the pieces come from Parisian maisons de couture, American antique fairs, North African souks, Middle Eastern Bazaars or tiny ateliers where they have been made to Apfel’s own design, her highly  original strategy of dressing constitutes a remarkable artistic exercise.

This unique presentation will feature exciting couture clothing from every major European and American designer including Chanel, Dior, Armani, Galanos, Ungaro, Ralph Rucci, Geoffrey Beene, Lanvin, Norell, Bill Blass and others.  Apfel’s favorite couturiers are put together with seductive associations in a slyly witty and irrepressible “anything goes” bravura of American style at its most imaginative.  The presentation  combines wit, fantasy and exoticism derived from accessories ranging from Africa to American Southwest and non-Western countries and cultures.

Tiffany and the Gilded Age
Sept. 21, 2008 through Jan. 4, 2008

An exhibition featuring the cloistered glamorous world of the Gilded Age and how Tiffany shaped the décor, interiors and fashions of the rich and famous.  Included will be paintings, sculpture, lamps, stained glass windows, furniture, fashions and much more.   The world of Art Nouveau will come to life through tableaux of interiors that shaped American taste from the cloistered, dark and heavy Victorian world to light filled décor in which Tiffany’s extraordinary designs played a major role.