Go behind the scenes and get a front row seat at Helmut Newton, Yves Saint Laurent, Jean-Paul Gaultier and Marc Jacobs exhibitions
Fashion icons Helmut Newton, Yves Saint Laurent, Jean-Paul Gaultier and Marc Jacobs are being honored with large-scale retrospectives and exhibitions in Paris, Denver and San Francisco but you don’t have to leave your computer to step into their world.
Relaxnews has put together a selection of videos from the exhibitions that will take you down the catwalks, behind the scenes and get you a front row seat with the fashion icons and designers as they explain their craft in detail.
The Grand Palais in Paris will host the first retrospective dedicated to fashion photographer Helmut Newton in the country from March 24 to June 17. Helmut Newton has come to be known for his often controversial, provocative and sexually charged images, many of which have graced the pages of French Vogue, Playboy and Harper’s Bazaar. There are more than 200 photographs in the exhibition which will be shown alongside press records and a film made by his wife.
A preview of the Helmut Newton exhibition: http://vimeo.com/38186802
Cindy Crawford speaks about working with Helmut Newton: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRi3LCZ_Ihs
Helmut Newton talks about the secrets behind his images: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7TwzNbWL6U&feature=related
Helmut Newton: the voyeur, an excerpt from the Helmut Newton Documentary "Frame From The Edge, 1989: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbGteia3eHk
An exhibition celebrating Marc Jacobs’ role as artistic director at Louis Vuitton will run until September 16 at Paris’ Musée des Arts décoratifs. The exhibition explores the stories of both Louis Vuitton and Marc Jacobs and analyzes their own unique takes on the fashion industry. A video tour of the exhibition and a behind-the-scenes look at the exhibition can be viewed on the Musée des Arts décoratifs website: http://www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr/francais/mode-et-textile/expositions-70/actuellement-447/louis-vuitton-marc-jacobs/video-3011
The Denver Art Museum in the US will host a 40-year survey of one of France’s most noted designers March 25 - July 8 titled Yves Saint Laurent: The Retrospective. More than 200 haute couture garments will be on show as part of the exhibition along with drawings, films and photographs. A video tour of the exhibition can be seen on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LsqiPJHSTo.
More than 140 haute couture and pret-a-porter works by French couturier Jean Paul Gaultier will be shown in the exhibition The Fashion World of Jean-Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, US from March 24 to August 19.
A video of a conversation between International Herald Tribune fashion editor Suzy Menkes and Jean Paul Gaultier will be streamed live from the de Young Museum’s Koret Auditorium on March 24 at 11-12 AM PDT. An archive of the video will be available on de Young’s YouTube channel from March 27.
