A museum’s fashion blog
Posted by Dahlia on March 28, 2008 · Leave a Comment
I came across this from Cathy Horyn’s blog recently telling her readers that she will be a panelist to this year’s blog.mode event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York city. I have never heard of this blog but I was instantly curious to the notion that a museum, of all places, has its very own fashion blog.
Yet museums go hand in hand with the history of fashion, archiving the greatest works of past designers and exhibiting its evolution throughout the years. It’s surprising since museums don’t exactly convey to be such a hip and happening place, yet some of the most interesting fashion collaborations have happened there in the last couple of years. Most notably Louis Vuitton for boldly opening a store within the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles last year.
Alexander McQueen’s oyster dress, Spring/Summer 2003
blog.mode is still relatively new, operating since December 2007, it has already garnered quite a following. True to its museum-like self, the blog exhibits a one photo piece with accompanying historical text as if you were reading the small square text on a wall next to the work itself. I think this is a great way to learn about the history of fashion and reading the responses from other readers and their thoughts on the pieces presented. The blog.mode event will be held March 30th at 3pm. I’m starting to believe that I will have to make trips to the Big Apple a little more often!
This is another great step for bringing people around the world to chat about fashion, in virtual museum space. I really like this idea, and find it quite fantastic of bringing everyone along in the conversation. I urge you to check it out!
Image credit: blog.mode of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
