Swedish Fashion History - Theatre and Film

Written by Fashion Tales

 

Unique Exhibition Highlighting Swedish Fashion History of Theatre and Film

Are there similarities between Greta Garbos dress in Gösta Berlings Saga and the clothing that Alicia Vikander wore in Guldbaggegalan 2011? Has Liv Ullmans clothing in Utvandrarna influenced contemporary fashion as Nygårdsanna and Swedish Hasbeens? The answers may be given to the visitors of the exhibition Kostym Kontra mode – svenska pärlor från scen till catwalk, which opened January 21 in Stockholm. Organised by Stockholm Costume & Fashion Institute (SCFI) and in collaboration with Castellum.

- The idea of ​​the exhibition is to compare historically well-known theatre and film clothing with the fashion. To show how stage costumes can influence with contemporary clothes, says Lotta Lewenhaupt, Curator fashion SCFI.

- In twelve scenographies we put the clothes against each other, with the assertion that the way to dress communicates who you are. Either in the role on stage or individual on the street scene. Now it's up to you visitors to find similarities and differences, or perhaps just enjoy the theatre and fashion history, says Anna Bergman, Curator costume SCFI.

The exhibition runs from 21 January to 16 April 2017 in Erskinehuset, Hallvägen 21 in Stockholm (subway to Globen). Erskinehuset is in itself a piece of unique history. The building was designed by Ralph Erskine and was used in the 1950s as a top modern workplace. The house owned by Castellum is undergoing a careful renovation where the typical details are preserved for future offices.

About Stockholm Costume & Fashion Institute (SCFI)

SCFIs aim is to highlight and preserve the cultural heritage in the form of existing costumes from the stage and the film world. SCFI are now building up a collection of costumes and partly from the first theatre productions and films but also fashion items from the late 1800s until today.

Exhibition work group: Curators: Anna Bergman and Lotta Lewenhaupt, Program Director: Louise Wallenberg, Set design: Anna Bergman, Lighting design: William Wenner, Video production: Mattias Högberg, Production Group: Andreas Bertman, Frida Sölvell, Jonny Jergander, Amilcare Astone, Rainer Lind and Sara Selander

For further information, please contact:

Johan Wallin, Producer, 076-267 52 50, [email protected]
Martin Askman, Press Officer, 073-358 31 43, [email protected]