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Fashion Academy
Museums get gussied up just in time for the Oscars
The Academy Awards (Feb. 26) are ostensibly about rewarding
performers for their artistic achievements in film, but anyone who’s
spent a Saturday watching (or avoiding) the red carpet pre-shows on
TV knows that what those performers wear is equally important. Get
some cultural perspective on the subject with one of this month’s
many fashion-related museum exhibits.
Days of
Wander
RuddandAniston
go communal
In
Wanderlust,
George
and Linda (Paul Rudd
and Jennifer Aniston)
are a classic Manhat-
tan power couple who
are forced to leave the
Big Apple behind when
George loses his job.
After a brief but disas-
trous stint in Georgia,
they inadvertently
wind up at a commune
populated with quirky
dropouts of all stripes
(one of which, natu-
rally, is played by Alan
Alda). Straitlaced-
suits-meet-hippies is
a stock premise, but
it’s redeemed here
by the formidable
comedic talents of
Rudd, Aniston and
director David Wain,
who previously made
the cult classic
Wet
Hot American Summer
(featuring Rudd) and
Role Models
(also
featuring Rudd). By the
end, misunderstand-
ings are had, lessons
are learned and new
perspective is gained.
OPENS FEB. 24
ANNERS AND LET THEWOMAN
O FIRST ... NOTWHEN SHE’S
OINTING A GUN AT YOU.”
From legendary crime writer Elmore Leonard’s new novel,
Raylan
, featuring the hero of his FX series, “Justified.”
out now
“Sport and Fashion” at
the
Fashion Museum
in Bath, England
Gwyneth Paltrow
’s
sleek, sporty Calvin
Klein Collection dress
in 2011
“Charles James: Genius
Deconstructed,” on
Dior’s U.S. counterpart,
at the
Chicago History
Museum
Sarah Jessica Parker
’s
Dior Haute Couture
gown in 2009
Elsa Pataky
’s beaded
flapper-style outfit at
the
Vanity Fair
Oscars
afterparty in 2011
“The Roaring Twenties:
Heels, Hemlines and
High Spirits” at the
Bata Shoe Museum
in Toronto
“Dyeing Elegance:
Asian Modernism
and the Art of Kūboku
and Hisako Takaku”
at the
San Diego
Museum of Art
Cameron Diaz
’s
Emanuel Ungaro
kimono-inspired
dress in 2002
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