As part of SCAD’s 20th anniversary celebrations, the school’s museum is putting on the first posthumous exhibition of Isabel Toledo’s work.
Ruben Toledo in front of the mural he painted at SCAD Lacoste for the exhibition, “Isabel Toledo–A Love Letter.”As part of SCAD’s 20th anniversary celebrations, the school’s museum is putting on the first posthumousof Isabel Toledo’s work. “Love Letter” highlights the collaboration between the late designer–best known for creating Michelle Obama’s Inauguration ensemble–and her artist husband Ruben.
Isabel always said she dressed emotion. The way Isabel really expressed emotions in cloth and in how things were made. If something was delicate or strong or aggressive or fragile, she liked addressing everyone’s emotions. It allowed women to keep expressing themselves and [did the same for] herself. So I think that is the highlight. And the idea that we’re using Isabel’s quotes and some of my writings about Isabel; there are personal notebooks and sketchbooks involved.
Isabel considered herself always a seamstress first, then a designer. She always said, ’I’m a seamstress.’ And I remember her telling that to Karl [Lagerfeld] and Karl was like, ‘You’re more than a seamstress, you’re a couturiere!’ But her idea was that she was of service, of service to herself and of service to women and clients. There is a collaboration between the person who’s going to wear it and you, but ultimately the seamstress, or the couturiere, is of service.
We had never been to Europe until we started to do this, so that opened a whole new way of experiencing how the French viewed fashion, and it’s really seen as a culture and as an art. It was a great fusion and that really opened the door intellectually to us at how people could perceive fashion and how you could take that leap into presenting it as almost pure art.A lot of [the French] would say, ‘You’re not an American designer, you’re a Spanish designer.
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