Event
Poetry Performance
06 Jul 2016
Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art
London, United Kingdom
Exhibition
Undressed. A Brief History of Underwear
16 Apr 2016 – 12 Mar 2017
Regular hours
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 17:45
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 17:45
- Monday
- 10:00 – 17:45
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 17:45
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 17:45
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 17:45
- Friday
- 10:00 – 22:00
Address
- Cromwell Road
- London
England - SW7 2RL
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- C1,14,74,414
- South Kensington
Event map
This exhibition will address the practicalities of underwear and its role in the fashionable wardrobe whilst highlighting its sensual, sexual appeal.
About
One of underwear’s primary roles is to support, firm and shape the body to create the ideal body shape and substructure for the latest fashions. The exhibition will explore dress reformers and designers such as Paul Poiret, who argued for the beauty of the natural body, as well as entrepreneurs, inventors and innovators who have played a critical role in the development of increasingly more effective and comfortable underwear. On display will be over 200 objects for men and women together with fashion plates, photographs and film, advertisements and packaging to introduce changing concepts of the ideal body.
