Design Museum exhibition to feature more than 90 saris, including first one ever worn to Met Ball
Nearly 100 trailblazing saris, including the first ever to be worn at the Met Gala, will be displayed in the UK as part of a new large-scale exhibition examining the garment’s modern reinvention.
But a garment once considered by young people to be traditional and uncomfortable has in recent years evolved into a modern expression of identity and resistance. The exhibition explores how designers and craftspeople are reshaping the ways in which the sari is understood, designed, made and worn in India today.
Other saris on display will include pieces by brands such as Abraham & Thakore, Raw Mango, AKAARO and NorBlack NorWhite that, according to the Design Museum, have been at “the cutting-edge of the sari’s dynamic shift and renewed relevance”. Priya Khanchandani, the exhibition’s curator, said the sari was experiencing what was “conceivably its most rapid reinvention in its 5,000-year history”.
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