The Costume Institute's spring 2016 exhibition, Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology, presented in the Museum's Robert Lehman Wing, explores how fashion designers are reconciling the handmade and the machine-made in the creation of haute couture and avant-garde ready-to-wear.
Exhibition Tour—Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology
Andrew Bolton
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Contributors
Andrew Bolton
Curator in Charge
Curator in Charge
Production credits
Director: Christopher Noey
Producer: Kate Farrell
Video Editor: Stephanie Wuertz
Jib and Camera Operator: Kelly Richardson
Lighting Designer: Ned Hallick
Gaffer: Foster McLaughlin
Production Coordinator: Lisa Rifkind
Production Assistants: Dia Felix, Sarah Cowan
Video Footage
Excerpt from ONE LOOK (2015), presented by VisionaireFILM, directed by Stylianos Pangalos, produced by Cecilia Dean and James Kaliardos
Excerpt from Making of the CHANEL Fall-Winter 2015/16 Haute Couture Collection, © CHANEL
Excerpt from A new design by Iris Van Herpen, © Centraal Museum Utrecht/Wendy van Wilgenburg.
Special thanks: Iris van Herpen and Materialise.
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