Charles James – pattern and photography

Life-size composition by Liam Leslie for Exploding Fashion.
Life-size composition by Liam Leslie for Exploding Fashion.

We started our museum visits at The Costume Institute to select and create an initial pattern for the Charles James dress. For conservation reasons, museums do not allow researchers to touch their objects – a rule that made Patrick and Esme (P&E) a bit anxious, since they had never done a pattern out of a garment they could not touch. But as they say, some of the best ideas come out of limitations! Liam took a number of detail photographs of our selected dress, which he then had printed on life-size and later digitally stitched together.

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Balenciaga – Original toile

Part of Balenciaga toile from 1965, Palais Galliera. Image by Liam Leslie for Exploding Fashion.
Part of Balenciaga toile from 1965, Palais Galliera. Image by Liam Leslie for Exploding Fashion.
Part of Balenciaga toile from 1965, Palais Galliera. Image by Liam Leslie for Exploding Fashion.
Part of Balenciaga toile from 1965, Palais Galliera. Image by Liam Leslie for Exploding Fashion.

 

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Comme des Garçons 1970

Comme des Garçons dress from 1970, in the collection of Bunka Fashion College. Image by Liam Leslie for Exploding Fashion.
Comme des Garçons dress from 1970, in the collection of Bunka Fashion College. Image by Liam Leslie for Exploding Fashion.
Comme des Garçons dress from 1970, in the collection of Bunka Fashion College. Image by Liam Leslie for Exploding Fashion.
Comme des Garçons dress from 1970, in the collection of Bunka Fashion College. Image by Liam Leslie for Exploding Fashion.

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