Timeless Elegance:
An Homage to Oscar de la Renta
Exhibit Opening and Panel Discussion
at the Houston Public Library
HOUSTON - Fashion enthusiasts are invited to view the fashion exhibit, Timeless Elegance: Homage to Oscar de la Renta, which showcases winning creations from Fashion Fusion, an annual competition presented by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) and Houston Community College (HCC), Fashion and Costume Design Department.
The panel discussion, which will be moderated by HCC’s Fashion Design Professor Alex Chapman, will be held at Central Library 1st Floor Art Gallery on Sunday, August 19 at 2 PM. Panelists will include special guest, Houston designer David Peck, as well as some of the designers highlighted in the exhibit: Jing Cao, Inge Duran, David Julian Valdez, Shanda Phillips, Teresa Rangel, Ebonie Sophus, and Maria Hammond.
The exhibit and panel discussion event are both free and open to the public. Find out more about the designers and their garments at www.houstonlibrary.org/fashion-at-library!
For more information visit: www.houstonlibrary.org or call 832-393-1313
Exhibit Opening Reception and Panel Discussion
Timeless Elegance: Homage to Oscar de la Renta
Sunday, August 19 at 2 PM – 4 PM
Central Library | 1st Floor Gallery | 500 McKinney St, 77002, 832-393-1313
The panel discussion is two hours with established Houston designer David Peck and will highlight seven of the Fashion Fusion designers – their stories and inspiration.
Special Guest Panelist
Parisian trained designer David Peck studied fashion design at Ecole Parsons à Paris after beginning his career as a classical cellist, earning top honors as Designer of the Year for his thesis collection. While in Paris, David worked for renowned fashion houses such as Paco Rabanne, Junichi Hakamaki, and Robert Normand, and as a style consultant and costume designer for several films.
David's work continued in New York before moving to Houston in 2010. He is the creative director of Miles David where each garment is skillfully hand crafted and created in the Miles David factory in Houston, TX. David's designs for Miles David give elegance a delightful spin through collaborations with artists and textiles sourced from around the globe.
In addition to his work with Miles David. David serves on the Advisory Board of Directors for Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS), the Fashion Design and Merchandising Advisory Board for Houston Community College, and PS One Portfolio School in Beijing, China. He served as Chair of the Fashion Task Force for the Greater Houston Partnership for four years. His latest work as a creative consultant had him overseeing the uniform design of Hotel Ylem and Oxbow 7 at the newly opened Le Méridien Houston Downtown.
Exhibit Display: Timeless Elegance: Homage to Oscar de la Renta
August 10, 2018 – October 28, 2018
Central Library | 1st Floor Gallery | 500 McKinney St, 77002, 832-393-1313
Twenty-two garments at 15 library locations
Bracewell Neighborhood Library
Carnegie Neighborhood Library & Center for Learning
Central Library
Collier Regional Library
Henington-Alief Regional Library
Jungman Neighborhood Library
Looscan Neighborhood Library
Morris Frank, an HPL Express Library
Park Place Regional Library
Robinson-Westchase Neighborhood Library
Smith Neighborhood Library
Scenic Woods Regional Library
Stanaker Neighborhood Library
Stimley-Blue Ridge Neighborhood Library
Young Neighborhood Library
About the Exhibit
The exhibit features garments from Fashion Fusion, an annual competition presented by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the award-winning Fashion Design Program at Houston Community College. Fashion Fusion challenged students and alumni to design original outfits inspired by the Museum’s recent exhibition, The Glamour and Romance of Oscar de la Renta. The students and alumni entered their designs into one of four categories inspired by major influences on de la Renta’s life: Eastern, Garden, Icons, and Spain.
HCC designers highlighted in this exhibition include: Erica Medrano, Andrea Giralt-Brun, Linda Elizabeth Diaz, Kyndall Bollmeyer, Hui Ching Kang, Jing Cao, Irvin Collazo, Monika Pham, Maria Hammond, David Julian Valdez, Daiane Bierhalz Elert, Inge Duran, Hong Campos, Teresa Rangel, Diana Alimkhanova, Shanda Phillips, Maite Bradford, Ebonie Sophus.
This exhibition is in partnership with Houston Community College, Fashion and Costume Design Department and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; it is generously supported by Houston Public Library and the City of Houston.
About the Houston Public Library
The Houston Public Library (HPL) operates 37 neighborhood libraries, three HPL Express Libraries, a Central Library, the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, the Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research, The African American Library at the Gregory School, and the Parent Resource Library located in the Children’s Museum of Houston. With more than eight million visits per year in person and online, HPL is committed to excellent customer service and equitable access to information and programs by providing library customers with free use of a diverse collection of printed materials and electronic resources, Internet, laptop and computer use, and a variety of database and reference resources with live assistance online 24/7.
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