{"id":146,"date":"2017-03-15T14:02:28","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T14:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exhibitions.fitnyc.edu\/paris-refashioned\/?p=146"},"modified":"2017-04-11T15:40:10","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T15:40:10","slug":"accessories-by-andre-courreges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhibitions.fitnyc.edu\/paris-refashioned\/accessories-by-andre-courreges\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessories by Andr\u00e9 Courr\u00e8ges"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\"Andr\u00e9<\/p>\n
Courr\u00e8ges\u2019s designs for accessories were as significant as his garments. The importance of accessories can be traced to his traditional couture training, and specifically to his work under Crist\u00f3bal Balenciaga. The unusual, sculptural silhouettes that Balenciaga perfected were enhanced by hats designed to complement and enliven each garment. Courr\u00e8ges crafted his own hats to similar effect.<\/div>\n

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The Museum at FIT is fortunate to have a collection of early Courr\u00e8ges hats worn by fashion arbiter. One example, dating to 1962, is relatively conservative in spite of its use of bright violet leather. It features a shallow brim and a narrow band that ends in a slightly abstracted bow at the center back; its only unusual feature is a crown that slopes slightly upward toward the back of the head.<\/div>\n
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Andr\u00e9 Courr\u00e8ges hat<\/strong>
1962
Donated in memory of Isabel Eberstadt
by her family
2007.46.79<\/div>\n<\/div>\n



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Dating to one year later, a hat made from white leather hints at some of the couturier\u2019s more eccentric styles to come. A visor-style brim, accented with a center front bow, is attached to a large, rounded crown that bubbles up and over the head. This style was shown with a simple shift dress in a 1963 issue of L\u2019Officiel<\/em>. The caption described the dress as made from white jersey, cinched by a suede brown belt, \u201cexquisitely elegant in its sobriety.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Andr\u00e9 Courr\u00e8ges hat<\/strong>
1963
Donated in memory of Isabel Eberstadt
by her family
2007.46.75<\/div>\n<\/div>\n



\nIn 1964, Courr\u00e8ges introduced his \u201cSpace Age\u201d styles, which firmly placed him among the most forward-thinking of couturiers. While white, sculptural hats were integral to the head-to-toe look, Courr\u00e8ges\u2019s shiny white boots became one of his most popular and enduring designs. Made with a peep toe and cut-outs around the shin, the boots were fastened up the center back with Velcro. Relatively new to the commercial market, Velcro was also being used by NASA to anchor items inside its spaceships. It is clear that Courr\u00e8ges directly connected his design to developments in space travel.
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Andr\u00e9 Courr\u00e8ges boots<\/strong>
\n1964
\nGift of Ruth Sublette
\n77.183.2CD<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Paris Refashioned, 1957-1968<\/em> runs through April 15, 2017 at The Museum at FIT<\/a> in NYC.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Courr\u00e8ges\u2019s designs for accessories were as significant as his garments. The importance of accessories can be traced to his traditional couture training, and specifically to his work under Crist\u00f3bal Balenciaga. The unusual, sculptural silhouettes that Balenciaga perfected were enhanced by hats designed to complement and enliven each garment. Courr\u00e8ges crafted his own hats to similar […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[24,12,25],"class_list":["post-146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-objects","tag-andre-courreges","tag-cristobal-balenciaga","tag-isabel-eberstadt"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.fitnyc.edu\/paris-refashioned\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.fitnyc.edu\/paris-refashioned\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.fitnyc.edu\/paris-refashioned\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.fitnyc.edu\/paris-refashioned\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.fitnyc.edu\/paris-refashioned\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.fitnyc.edu\/paris-refashioned\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.fitnyc.edu\/paris-refashioned\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.fitnyc.edu\/paris-refashioned\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.fitnyc.edu\/paris-refashioned\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}