Experimental gowns, headpieces, and jewelry by avant-garde fashion designers such as Alexander McQueen, Gucci, and Iris van Herpen investigate symbols of womanhood and expand the theme of fashion as art. More than 100 articles of daring fashion are presented in a dramatic gallery design that explores seven archetypal personality types, including Sage, Magician, Enchantress, Explorer, Mother Earth, Heroine, and Thespian.
A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes is an exhibition developed by Barrett Barrera Projects and MUSEEA, toured internationally by Flying Fish. Presentation of this exhibition at the New Orleans Museum of Art is sponsored by the Eugenie and Joseph Jones Family Foundation. Additional support provided by Ashley Longshore, Joseph: A Women’s Fashion Boutique, and Millie Davis Kohn.
Two-piece ensemble with multi-colored crystal print, Natural Dis-tinction, Un-natural Selection
Spring/Summer 2009
Alexander McQueen
Courtesy of Barrett Barrera Projects & RKL consulting, Photo Mattias Lindback
Silk print painting dress with gold painted feathers, Heaven and Hell pre-collection
Fall/Winter 2010
Alexander McQueen
Courtesy of Barrett Barrera Projects & RKL consulting, Photo Mattias Lindback
White floral platform heels
Spring/Summer 2011
Sarah Burton/Alexander McQueen
Courtesy of Barrett Barrera Projects & RKL Consulting, Photo Sarah Carmody
Green embroidered feather dress, Windows of Culloden collection
Fall/Winter 2006
Alexander McQueen
Courtesy of Barrett Barrera Projects & RKL Consulting, Photo Sarah Carmody
Gold dress with feather embellishments
Spring/Summer 2011
Gucci
Courtesy of Barrett Barrera Projects & RKL consulting, Photo courtesy of LaForce & Stevens
Cloudy Day | headdress
2013
Charlie Le Mindu
Courtesy Barrett Barrera Projects & RKL consulting, Photo Ciel Lui Bei
Red dress
Spring/Summer 2015
Comme des Garçons
Photo Carmody Creative Photography
Snake Dress, Capriole Couture
2011
Iris van Herpen
Courtesy M. Zoeter x Iris van Herpen
Petal and Panther Headdress
Spring/Summer 2011
Jordan Askill
Courtesy Jordan Askill, Photo Jordan Askill
Cloud top worn with black knitted cocoon catsuit and black leather stilettos
Défile collection, Fall/Winter 2009
Maison Martin Margiela, courtesy of Maison Margiela
Photo Giovanni Giannoni
Black dress with collar
Spring/Summer 2013
Pam Hogg
Courtesy of Barrett Barrera Projects and RKL Consulting, Photo Pam Hogg
Aminata, from The Studio of Vanities Series
2013
Omar Victor Diop
Courtesy of MAGNIN-A Gallery, Paris
Bishop Please braid hair sculpture, Redressing the Crown Series
Joanne Petit-Frére
Courtesy of Joanne Petit-Frère , Photo Michael Slosar