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Designer Zandra Rhodes will sign exhibition catalogs at MassArt on Tuesday, Oct. 16, from noon to 1:30 p.m. 617-879-7333. Photograph by Gene Nocon

    Rhodes scholar

    Zandra Rhodes A Lifelong Love Affair with Textiles

    Installation view of “Zandra Rhodes: A Lifelong Love Affair with Textiles” in the Massachusetts College of Art’s Sandra and David Bakalar Gallery, on view through December 1. Free and open to the public, the exhibit includes displays of her textiles, plus more than 40 of Rhodes’s high-fashion garments.
    photograph by Fabiola MEnchelli |
    MassArt senior Sarah Burke

    MassArt senior Sarah Burke poses in a Zandra Rhodes wrap. Burke worked in the designer’s expansive London studio for three weeks in August and lived in her home.
    photograph by Alessandra Bisalti |

    Designer Zandra Rhodes will sign exhibition catalogs at MassArt on Tuesday, Oct. 16, from noon to 1:30 p.m. 617-879-7333.
    Photograph by Gene Nocon |
    Sarah Burke

    Sarah Burke shares Rhodes’s obsession with color, pattern, and painting.
    photograph by Alessandra Bisalti |
    Bakalar Gallery at MassArt, where the fashion exhibition “Zandra Rhodes: A Lifelong Love Affair with Textiles” is on view through December 1.

    Waistcoat and coat in Rhodes’s “Chevron Shawl” print (1970).
    photograph by Alessandra Bisalti |
    Bakalar Gallery at MassArt, where the fashion exhibition “Zandra Rhodes: A Lifelong Love Affair with Textiles” is on view through December 1.

    Detail of deep-stitched and boned-satin waistband from the “Chinese”collection (1979).
    PHotograph by Alessandra Bisalti |
    Bakalar Gallery at MassArt, where the fashion exhibition “Zandra Rhodes: A Lifelong Love Affair with Textiles” is on view through December 1.

    Crinoline with V-neck (1973), a dramatic variant of Rhodes’s iconic 73/44 dress.
    PHotograph by Alessandra Bisalti |
    Zandra Rhodes A Lifelong Love Affair with Textiles

    Installation view of “Zandra Rhodes: A Lifelong Love Affair with Textiles,” showing Rhodes’s vibrant use of color.
    photograph by Fabiola MEnchelli |
    Zandra Rhodes A Lifelong Love Affair with Textiles

    Rhodes’s iconic “Dinosaur” coat with exposed and embellished seams (1971).
    photograph by Fabiola MEnchelli |
    Zandra Rhodes A Lifelong Love Affair with Textiles

    Manhattan’s skyline is hand-beaded in shocking pink onto silk georgette in this dress from 1985.
    photograph by Fabiola MEnchelli |
    Zandra Rhodes A Lifelong Love Affair with Textiles

    Singer Diana Ross wore this gold lame skirt and black satin corset (1981). The look was inspired by Princess Diana’s wedding.
    photograph by Fabiola MEnchelli |
    Bakalar Gallery at MassArt, where the fashion exhibition “Zandra Rhodes: A Lifelong Love Affair with Textiles” is on view through December 1.

    Top with pagoda sleeves and skirt printed with one of Rhodes’s signature patterns from 1979’s “Chinese” collection.
    PHotograph by Alessandra Bisalti |