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This blog features posts from the various departments at the MoMu Fashion Museum Antwerp who share their insights on the Museum's working, exhibitions and projects. MoMu is located in the centre of the Antwerp fashion district. Every year, the museum organises two thematic exhibitions, along with workshops, guided tours,...
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STEPHEN JONES’S GLAMOUR

Glamour, the final theme of Stephen Jones & The Accent of Fashion, is introduced by a blown-up version of ‘Ecstasy’, one of the hats inspired by the film ‘The Red Shoes’. Glamour is about divas, among other things, resulting in a whole array of top hats in varying proportions. Glamour moreover evokes sex, parties, boudoir and spotlights.

Some collections are motivated by films and Jones will base hats on key scenes; for example, his ‘Artifice’ collection (Spring/Summer 2007) parallels the story line of ‘The Red Shoes’, a 1948 British dance film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. The film is constructed according to the principle of ‘a tale within a tale’, and introduces a young ballerina – played by the famous redheaded dancer Moira Shearer – who is forced by an unscrupulous impresario to choose between her art – dance – and love. ‘Ecstacy’, a distorted mask, is adorned with a photograph, a still shot of Shearer’s penetrating expression when she is in the delirium and passion of the ballet.

© Photography: Frederik Vercruysse

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