{"id":2,"date":"2017-05-11T15:52:23","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T15:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exhibitions.fitnyc.edu\/force-of-nature\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2017-05-16T16:04:45","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T16:04:45","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/exhibitions.fitnyc.edu\/force-of-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"&nbsp;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Force of Nature<\/em><\/strong> examines how the beauty and complexity of the natural world have inspired fashion designers for centuries. The exhibition places more than 95 objects from MFIT\u2019s permanent collection, dating from the 18th century to the present, within a context of period philosophies and scientific literature in order to demonstrate the deep interconnectedness between fashion and nature. A 1775 robe \u00e0 l\u2019anglaise with a naturalistic pattern of fruit and flowers, illustrates a movement towards simple dress, influenced by philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau, who urged a return to nature. A dress by Alexander McQueen from his acclaimed final collection in 2010, presents a meditation upon Charles Darwin\u2019s theory of evolution and concern over climate change. More than a survey of flora, fauna, and geology as merely decorative, the exhibition reveals the natural world as a nexus of ideas and symbolism in fashion design. Force of Nature aims to contribute to today\u2019s important, ongoing conversation about society\u2019s relationship with the natural world and humankind\u2019s place within it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Force of Nature examines how the beauty and complexity of the natural world have inspired fashion designers for centuries. The exhibition places more than 95 objects from MFIT\u2019s permanent collection, dating from the 18th century to the present, within a context of period philosophies and scientific literature in order to demonstrate the deep interconnectedness between&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-homepage.php","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.fitnyc.edu\/force-of-nature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.fitnyc.edu\/force-of-nature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.fitnyc.edu\/force-of-nature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.fitnyc.edu\/force-of-nature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.fitnyc.edu\/force-of-nature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.fitnyc.edu\/force-of-nature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.fitnyc.edu\/force-of-nature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}