October 2018
Conversation with Jason Wu and Sharon Takeda
New York-based fashion designer Jason Wu will discuss his creations, career, and current collaboration with Otis College of Art and Design and the MADWORKSHOP Foundation with LACMA senior curator of costume and textiles Sharon Takeda. Wu has garnered worldwide acclaim through his eponymous label, creating sophisticated and beautifully crafted silhouettes championed by influential women including Michelle Obama, Reese Witherspoon, Julianne Moore, Diane Kruger, Kerry Washington, and Christy Turlington. $5 LACMA members and students with valid ID; $10 general public
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Halston: Screening at LACMA
Arguably the first American celebrity fashion designer, Roy Halston Frowick, known by the single moniker Halston, came from a childhood in Iowa to create the sexy-flowing look that defined the 1970's. Directed by Frédéric Tcheng (Dior and I; Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel) and produced by Roland Ballester, Halston weaves a partially scripted format with rare archival footage and intimate interviews - including Liza Minnelli, Andy Warhol, his niece Lesley Frowick, and filmmaker Joel Schumacher - to create a textured, behind-the-scenes look at the famed designer's life and the friction between his…
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