One talented MassArt student studied with London-based designer Zandra Rhodes last summer and helped prep displays for the current Boston show.
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photograph by Fabiola MEnchelli
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.
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photograph by Alessandra Bisalti
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.
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Photograph by Gene Nocon
Designer Zandra Rhodes will sign exhibition catalogs at MassArt on Tuesday, Oct. 16, from noon to 1:30 p.m. 617-879-7333.
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photograph by Alessandra Bisalti
Sarah Burke shares Rhodes’s obsession with color, pattern, and painting.
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photograph by Alessandra Bisalti
Waistcoat and coat in Rhodes’s “Chevron Shawl” print (1970).
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PHotograph by Alessandra Bisalti
Detail of deep-stitched and boned-satin waistband from the “Chinese”collection (1979).
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PHotograph by Alessandra Bisalti
Crinoline with V-neck (1973), a dramatic variant of Rhodes’s iconic 73/44 dress.
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photograph by Fabiola MEnchelli
Installation view of “Zandra Rhodes: A Lifelong Love Affair with Textiles,” showing Rhodes’s vibrant use of color.
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photograph by Fabiola MEnchelli
Rhodes’s iconic “Dinosaur” coat with exposed and embellished seams (1971).
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photograph by Fabiola MEnchelli
Manhattan’s skyline is hand-beaded in shocking pink onto silk georgette in this dress from 1985.
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photograph by Fabiola MEnchelli
Singer Diana Ross wore this gold lame skirt and black satin corset (1981). The look was inspired by Princess Diana’s wedding.
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PHotograph by Alessandra Bisalti
Top with pagoda sleeves and skirt printed with one of Rhodes’s signature patterns from 1979’s “Chinese” collection.
