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Exhibition of NY fashion icon Chester Weinberg comes to Adelaide

The David Roche Gallery will present the designs of the US couturier this summer.

5 Nov 2024 16:14

Gina Fairley

Colourful retro fashions displayed on mannequins for exhibition. Chester Weinberg

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L-R: Chester Weinberg for Samuel Robert (manufacturer), Dress c 1976, Ensemble c 1974, Dress 1977; Weinberg with Julian Tomchin (fabric design), Evening dress and Cocktail dress Spring/Summer 1968. Private collection, Adelaide. Images: Supplied.

Opening this week (8 November) the David Roche Gallery is presenting the exhibition Style and Spirit: The Fashion of Chester Weinberg, the fashion icon who shaped the couturier landscape of New York in the 1950s and 1960s before being appointed head designer of Calvin Klein Jeans – then the largest fashion brand in the world.

As noted in Wikipedia, he was considered one of the most “important designers on Seventh Avenue” and described as being “ahead of his time“.

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Gina Fairley

Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina