Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Time is running out to see an incredible exhibition of haute couture gowns made of paper at the Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens. The exhibit's last day is Dec. 30.
Think paper dresses are for paper dolls? Think again. And think fast, because time is running out to see an amazing exhibit—"Prêt-à-Papier: The Exquisite Art of Isabelle de Borchgrave"—that runs through Dec. 30 at the Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens (4155 Linnean Ave. NW, Washington, DC), a historic house museum. The exhibit features 25 gorgeous, exquisite dresses—in all colors, and in styles ranging from 18th-century French court ballgowns to flapper frocks from the 1920s—all of which are made of paper. Accompanying shoes, purses, shawls and jewelry also are made of paper. Even the buttons and lace are made of paper. The exhibit is the Hillwood's first special exhibit featuring a living artist, said Kate Markert, the executive director …
Friday, June 15, 2012
Marvel at the exquisite beauty of paper dresses on display at the Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens starting Saturday.
Think paper dresses are for paper dolls? Think again. Starting Saturday, 25 gorgeous, exquisite dresses—in all colors, and in styles ranging from 18th-century French court ballgowns to flapper frocks from the 1920s—are on exhibit at the Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens (4155 Linnean Ave. NW, Washington, DC), a historic house museum. And, all of the dresses—and their accompanying shoes, purses, shawls and jewelry—are made of paper. The exhibit—"Prêt-à-Papier: The Exquisite Art of Isabelle de Borchgrave"—is the museum's first special exhibit featuring a living artist, said Kate Markert, the executive director of Hillwood, which was once the home of heiress, socialite and art collector Marjorie Merriweather Post. Get daily and breaking news …
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
An exhibit opening Saturday at the Hillwood Museum showcases exquisite wedding and bridesmaids' dresses worn by Marjorie Merriweather Post and her mother and daughters. Accessories include a jewel-encrusted Cartier purse.
Long before the U.K. had Princess Diana and Princess Kate and their wedding dresses, we had Marjorie Merriweather Post—business woman, society hostess and patron of the capital city's art scene—and her four wedding dresses—unique works of art in satin, velvet, fox fur trim, organza and yards and yards of lace. And starting June 18, Post's four wedding dresses will be on display at the Hillwood Museum, along with those of her mother, Ella Merriweather Post (who wore a dove gray, bustled Victorian gown for her November 4, 1874 wedding), and of her three daughters: Adelaide Close Durant (who, in 1927, wore a flapper-inspired, possibly Bergdorf Goodman-designed, tea-length dress with a four-foot train of antique lace veil worn by a Hapsburg …
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Laura L Thornton
10:08 am on Friday, June 15, 2012
The dresses are so beautiful! Your daughter will love it, I'm sure! The colors are so much better in-person - my little point-and-shoot camera just doesn't do the dresses justice... more ›