FIDM Museum presents the 11th annual "Art of Television Costume Design" exhibition at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Los Angeles. The exhibition is free to the public and runs Tuesday, Aug. 22 through Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017 from 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. The FIDM Museum is closed on Sunday and Monday. Learn more:http://bit.ly/FIDMCostumeDesign

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Each summer, after the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York closes its doors on one exhibition (this year’s “Punk: Chaos to Couture” drew almost half a million visitors), it’s time to start thinking of the theme for the following spring.

Like the metamorphosis from caterpillar to shimmering butterfly, the woman who wriggles into the narrow body of this gown assumes the enchantment of a winged beauty. For the effect, James exaggerated the torso length of the sheath with “the highest bustline in 125 years” and layered transparent tulle in unexpected colors to accrue depth of tone and iridescent shimmer to the surrogate wings

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