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Before the Academy Awards ceremony finished in March 2014, the Fred Leighton headband worn by 1st-time Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o—with its diamonds set in gold-plated platinum—had its possess Twitter account. Practically eight yrs later on, fascination in those people amazing jewels hasn’t waned.
Commencing November 14, the headband (and the Fred Leighton diamond earrings and Prada gown Nyong’o wore with it) will be portion of All that Glitters: Legendary Jewelry and Hollywood Fashion, an exhibition at Roanoke, Virginia’s Taubman Museum of Artwork, curated by stylist, author, and entrepreneur Micaela Erlanger—who not only dressed Nyong’o for that Oscars ceremony, but has worked with a vary of stars including Meryl Streep, Diane Kruger, and Shailene Woodley.
“It was an extraordinary prospect,” Erlanger states of her very first time curating a museum exhibition. “I was approached pre-Covid and in this article we are two a long time later. I’m the Co-Chair of the Govt Committee of The Whitney Contemporaries in New York Metropolis. One of the trustees, Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo, is a superb friend and anyone I admire so a great deal, and she’s also a trustee of the Taubman Museum. She approached me with an remarkable possibility to curate the show of my dreams, and now it is lastly coming to fruition.”
All that Glitters will characteristic jewellery that aids notify the tale of Hollywood’s romantic relationship to style from the early 20th century by means of to the present day working day the two on screen and on the crimson carpet. Parts on display screen will incorporate a Verdura bracelet favored by Marlene Dietrich, jewelry owned by Cole Porter, a Neil Lane piece worn by Mae West in She Finished Him Mistaken (and later on by Madonna in a tunes video), the Cartier Jeanne Toussaint necklace that Anne Hathaway wore in Ocean’s 8, and the De Beers Jewellers Arpeggia 5-line diamond necklace worn by Emma Thompson in Cruella.
“I wanted to do a small bit of time touring and clearly show the value of jewelry from the previous to the current, and tie individuals eras jointly,” Erlanger suggests. “There are some amazing items from the Golden Age and present-day items that a young viewers can enjoy as properly. We have some of the most impressive items of wonderful jewellery, and I’m so happy to be able to share them and give folks a closer glimpse. These are issues you are applied to seeing in journals or on a Tv set display, and now you can get up close and personalized firsthand.”
The movie magic at the Taubman will not finish with All that Glitters, on the other hand. Opening on the very same day is Ruth E. Carter: Afrofuturism in Costume Design, an exhibition celebrating the illustrious occupation of the award-successful costume designer, whose function has been seen in movies which include Black Panther, Selma, and Do the Suitable Issue. (Somewhere else in the developing, Erlanger has lent her personal customized Judith Leiber bag to enhance the museum’s long term exhibition of the brand’s function.)
Erlanger’s eager to celebrate not only the connection concerning filmmaking and good jewellery, but the extraordinary feat of gathering these is effective in just one spot. “Often time things that have been worn on the purple carpet can sell or go into collections, so it’s such an honor to have these pieces on display screen,” she states. “I’m so very pleased of what we’re in a position to showcase and I do think it is the best of the best.”
Does that mean that her initially convert as a curator may not be her final? “As a stylist, I think of myself as a storyteller, so curating an exhibition truly served me lengthen that,” she suggests. “I would be honored to do anything like this again.”
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