Comments on: Ethereal Nature http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/04/05/ethereal-nature/ Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:40:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Lewis http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/04/05/ethereal-nature/#comment-5688 Lewis Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:40:30 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/04/05/ethereal-nature/#comment-5688 Wow, I love the design, I think the chiffon and the soft color saves the design because it's on the edge between kitch or class. Just my opinion... (but I still like it) Wow, I love the design, I think the chiffon and the soft color saves the design because it’s on the edge between kitch or class. Just my opinion… (but I still like it)

]]> By: marina urbach http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/04/05/ethereal-nature/#comment-5666 marina urbach Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:07:01 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/04/05/ethereal-nature/#comment-5666 ' I love the knotting of the “roses” on the front of dress.' Perhaps a bit kitsch? ‘ I love the knotting of the “roses” on the front of dress.’

Perhaps a bit kitsch?

]]> By: Lily http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/04/05/ethereal-nature/#comment-5627 Lily Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:52:55 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/04/05/ethereal-nature/#comment-5627 Exquisite, but the zipper should have been more skillfully hidden; it mars the pleating and the stitching seems clumsy. I love the knotting of the "roses" on the front of dress. Exquisite, but the zipper should have been more skillfully hidden; it mars the pleating and the stitching seems clumsy. I love the knotting of the “roses” on the front of dress.

]]> By: Pet http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/04/05/ethereal-nature/#comment-5622 Pet Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:00:48 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/04/05/ethereal-nature/#comment-5622 My wife would love to be in this! My wife would love to be in this!

]]> By: Landon Jones http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/04/05/ethereal-nature/#comment-5621 Landon Jones Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:59:57 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/04/05/ethereal-nature/#comment-5621 Loved this dress again at the Met via the blog.mode exhibit! Landon - you sure maximize your membership association witht the museum. Best, LJ Loved this dress again at the Met via the blog.mode exhibit! Landon - you sure maximize your membership association witht the museum.

Best,

LJ

]]> By: Anita http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/04/05/ethereal-nature/#comment-5540 Anita Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:49:30 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/04/05/ethereal-nature/#comment-5540 I totally agree with you Marina and Laurie, Kate and Laura are very talented. But unlike Andy, I don't think they are to young to be in the MET. I totally agree with you Marina and Laurie, Kate and Laura are very talented.

But unlike Andy, I don’t think they are to young to be in the MET.

]]> By: Laurie Aron http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/04/05/ethereal-nature/#comment-5423 Laurie Aron Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:12:24 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/04/05/ethereal-nature/#comment-5423 I was going to say that with all that intensive dressmaker construction and attention to detail, this dress seems to bloom so naturally, yet Marina, what an astute remark...""a construction of great beauty, but a beauty that lacks the reflective dimension of the 'shipwreck' drama of McQueen, or the irony of the Kurihara's juxtaposition." That is absolutely true of this dress, which though haute couture at its technical heart, it is also basically conservative in form. I think the current Rodarte collection pushes the envelope much more. I was going to say that with all that intensive dressmaker construction and attention to detail, this dress seems to bloom so naturally, yet Marina, what an astute remark…”"a construction of great beauty, but a beauty that lacks the reflective dimension of the ’shipwreck’ drama of McQueen, or the irony of the Kurihara’s juxtaposition.”

That is absolutely true of this dress, which though haute couture at its technical heart, it is also basically conservative in form. I think the current Rodarte collection pushes the envelope much more.

]]> By: Gabby http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/04/05/ethereal-nature/#comment-5389 Gabby Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:20:17 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/04/05/ethereal-nature/#comment-5389 it looks just like a water fall! doesn't anyone agree with me? it looks just like a water fall! doesn’t anyone agree with me?

]]> By: Aunt Chris http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/04/05/ethereal-nature/#comment-5387 Aunt Chris Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:07:03 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/04/05/ethereal-nature/#comment-5387 I just wanted to reach out and touch this. How good it must feel to wear -- the fabric floating off the body, the ruffles and flower details. Ultimately feminine yet also ultimately natural like wearing a leaf or a flower. Idea -- what if you had a sample of the fabric we could touch outside the glass enclosure. I love the feel of fabric and I miss being able to do that with these clothes. I just wanted to reach out and touch this. How good it must feel to wear — the fabric floating off the body, the ruffles and flower details. Ultimately feminine yet also ultimately natural like wearing a leaf or a flower.

Idea — what if you had a sample of the fabric we could touch outside the glass enclosure. I love the feel of fabric and I miss being able to do that with these clothes.

]]> By: marina urbach http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/04/05/ethereal-nature/#comment-5369 marina urbach Sun, 06 Apr 2008 06:17:08 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/04/05/ethereal-nature/#comment-5369 It is tempting to compare this piece of the Mulleavy sisters to the 'Paper Doll' of Tao Kurihara, or Alexander McQueen’s 'Oyster Dress'. 'Our work is often a study of balance, in which volume, construction, and color have a complex interplay that we carefully control.' Control is a key concept for the work of the Mulleavy sisters: delicate constructed balance, subtle tonal texture, fluid ethereality, a construction of great beauty, but a beauty that lacks the reflective dimension of the 'shipwreck' drama of McQueen, or the irony of Kurihara's juxtaposition. It is tempting to compare this piece of the Mulleavy sisters to
the ‘Paper Doll’ of Tao Kurihara, or Alexander McQueen’s
‘Oyster Dress’.
‘Our work is often a study of balance, in which volume, construction, and color have a complex interplay that we carefully control.’
Control is a key concept for the work of the Mulleavy sisters:
delicate constructed balance, subtle tonal texture, fluid ethereality,
a construction of great beauty, but a beauty that lacks the reflective dimension of the ’shipwreck’ drama of
McQueen, or the irony of Kurihara’s juxtaposition.

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