Li Edelkoort is a 'trend guru'. During her illustrious career she has consulted with many of the top names across all disciplines in the design industries ( I also happen to have worked for her for most of the 90's!). Last week I visited her 20 year retrospective at the Institut Neerlandais in Paris. An intriguing exhibition where she links the main themes she has worked on over the last 2 decades with the products of designers, in fashion, homes, cosmetics, advertising and art.
The show is displayed in a style which I can only describe as Edelkoortian, and is all in the best possible eclectic sophisticated taste. Li takes us on a journey through her personal and unusual world, using videos of her trend presentations with luscious provocative prints from her magazines, pieces of clothing, design objects, and clips from fashion shows.
The fourteen trends are a selection of the key lifestyle movements of the last twenty years, bridging the two centuries from 1990 to 2010: Body, Soul, Global, Local, Flora, Fauna, Urban, Rural, Armour, Amour, Abstraction, Narration, Nihilism, Hedonism
On until the 8th March and it's well worth the €4 entrance if you happen to be hanging out anywhere near St Germain in the coming weeks
Insitut Néerlandais
Centre culturel des Pays-Bas, 121, rue de Lille, Paris
Insitut Néerlandais
Centre culturel des Pays-Bas, 121, rue de Lille, Paris
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