This October, the Jewish Museum will present the exhibition “Mood of the moment: Gaby Aghion and the House of Chloé”. The exhibition will celebrate the life and design legacy of Chloé founder Gaby Aghion. The opening is scheduled for October 13, 2023 in New York, the Jewish Museum announced last week. This is the first exhibition dedicated to Aghion.
The fashion house has a long history of creative ingenuity and has been the launch pad for the careers of groundbreaking designers such as Karl Lagerfeld, Stella McCartney and Phoebe Philo. Aghion, who is believed to have coined the term “ready-to-wear”, launched Chloé in Paris in 1952, establishing a legacy spanning over 70 years that is documented in the museum in over 150 archival pieces.
The Egyptian-born designer’s passion for Parisian style and her revolutionary take on luxury fashion created a line of modern, airy pieces that defied the austerity of haute couture at the time – values the brand upholds to this day. The exhibition also features never-before-seen sketches and documents from the Chloé archive that provide insight into Aghion’s work in the early days of the traditional house.
Mood of the moment: Gaby Aghion and the House of Chloé will be on view at the Jewish Museum from October 13, 2023 to February 18, 2024.
This translated post previously appeared on FashionUnited.com.