Fashion exhibition opens at the National Gallery of Canada

By

Jennifer Braun

Published
May 26, 2016

On Friday, a new exhibition titled The White Dress will open at the National Gallery of Canada.

 
Complementing the Gallery’s major summer retrospective of Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, a celebrated 18th-century French portraitist, the exhibition will highlight the evolution of the chemise dress and the drastic change in fashion around the turn of the nineteenth century.
 
Period dresses on loan from the Royal Ontario Museum and a private collector will be on display, alongside portraits by Vigée Le Brun, drawings and illustrations.

The exhibition was curated by Erika Dolphin, NGC Associate Curator to the Chief Curator. It opens May 27 until September 25, 2016.
 
The National Gallery of Canada is home to important collections of historical and contemporary Canadian art. It is located in Ottawa, Ontario.