Gallery

The Suit Reimagined

Suits are a man’s fashion affair - but women appropriated them, with new meaning and power. Women designers managed to turn them into manifestos of independence and symbols of a well-defined idea of femininity, tailored by women for women

Coco Chanel (designer); Coco Chanel (Designer)

Victoria and Albert Museum

Museum of Decorative Arts

Museum of Decorative Arts

Coco Chanel (designer); Coco Chanel (Designer)

Victoria and Albert Museum

Coco Chanel (designer); Coco Chanel (Designer)

Victoria and Albert Museum

Museum of Decorative Arts

Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation

Museum of Decorative Arts

Lesage

Museum of Decorative Arts

Unbekannter Künstler (Fotograf)

Kunstbibliothek, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Luigi Diaz (Fotograf)

Kunstbibliothek, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Madame Elizabeth Handley-Seymour (maker); Elsa Schiaparelli (designer, after)

Victoria and Albert Museum

Ann Demeulemeester (ontwerper)

Kunstmuseum Den Haag

MUDE - Design and Fashion Museum, Francisco Capelo Collection

Popy Moreni (Designer); Paul van Riel (Photographer)

Paul Van Riel

Popy Moreni (Designer); Paul van Riel (Photographer)

Paul Van Riel

Popy Moreni (Designer); Paul van Riel (Photographer)

Paul Van Riel

Popy Moreni (Designer); Paul van Riel (Photographer)

Paul Van Riel

Popy Moreni (Designer); Paul van Riel (Photographer)

Paul Van Riel

Anne-Marie Beretta (Designer); Paul van Riel (Photographer)

Paul Van Riel

Anne-Marie Beretta (Designer); Paul van Riel (Photographer)

Paul Van Riel

Chanel, Gabrielle 'Coco'; Chanel, Gabrielle 'Coco' (Designer)

Modemuseum Hasselt

Branquinho, Veronique (Designer)

Modemuseum Hasselt

Martiale Constantini

Museum of Decorative Arts

Jean Muir (designer); Jean Muir (Designer)

Victoria and Albert Museum

Edina Ronay (designer); Edina Ronay (Designer)

Victoria and Albert Museum