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>> SO, TODD OLDHAM IS
A GREAT CREATIVE THINKER.
SO, DURING THE '90s,
HE HAD A TEN-YEAR SPAN
WHERE HE DID
AMAZING FASHIONS.
YOU KNOW,
THIS WAS THE MOMENT
OF GRUNGE AND
REALLY SIMPLE THINGS,
AND HE JUST WENT
THE COMPLETE OTHER DIRECTION
AND MADE THINGS AS BEAUTIFULLY
DETAILED AND EXTRAVAGANT
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.
THERE'S HOURS OF RUNWAY
FOOTAGE ROLLING HERE
IN THE FIRST GALLERY,
AND IF YOU WATCH IT,
YOU'LL SEE A LOT
OF THE WORKS.
A LOT OF THE GARMENTS
SHOW UP IN THESE VIDEOS.
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>> THE EXHIBITION HERE
CONSISTS OF CLOTHING
THAT WAS MADE FROM
ABOUT 1990 TO '99,
SOMEWHERE AROUND
THAT TIMEFRAME.
AND SINCE HISTORICAL
VERSIONS OF IT,
JUST PUTTING THE WAY
WE SHOWED IT ON THE
RUNWAY ARE ALREADY
OUT THERE,
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
MORE INTERESTING IF
THESE WE WERE RE-COMBINED
AND MADE NEW ENSEMBLES
THAT SORT OF CREATED
NEW NARRATIVES.
IT WAS FUN TO SORT OF
THROW ALMOST TEN YEARS
OUT ON THE GROUND AND
PICK IT BACK UP IN A NEW WAY.
>> HE ACTUALLY WENT BACK
THROUGH HIS ARCHIVES
BECAUSE HE KEPT EVERYTHING.
HE DIDN'T HAVE SAMPLE SALES,
SO HE KEPT EVERYTHING,
AND HE MIXED AND MATCHED.
AND SO THE ENSEMBLES
YOU'LL SEE HERE MIGHT
HAVE A SKIRT FROM 1992
MIXED WITH A TOP FROM 1995
WITH SOME SHOES FROM 1990.
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WELL, ONE DRESS THAT IS
ACTUALLY REALLY FUN AND
A LITTLE MORE OUT THERE
THAN SOME OF THE
OTHER DRESSES --
THERE'S A DRESS IN
THE LAST GALLERY CALLED
THE "LOVE BALL DRESS",
AND IT'S ACTUALLY
CRAFTED OF PIPE CLEANERS.
TODD AND HIS TEAM DESIGNED
IT FOR THE FIRST LOVE BALL
WHICH WAS A AIDS RESEARCH
FUNDRAISER IN NEW YORK CITY,
AND THE WHOLE DRESS
IS PIPE CLEANERS.
IT'S A LITTLE SKIMPY,
BUT IT'S A REALLY FUN DRESS.
AND YOU COULD IMAGINE
SOMEONE GOING TO A PARTY
WITH IT AND HAVING
A REALLY GOOD TIME.
>> I WOULD GET YOU NOTICED,
THAT'S FOR SURE.
AND PROBABLY EXPOSE SOME
PART OF YOUR BODY THAT
YOU WEREN'T USED TO SHOWING.
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>> I REALLY LOVE THE ENSEMBLE
RIGHT WHEN YOU WALK
INTO THE THIRD GALLERY.
HE CALLS IT THE BRACELET DRESS,
AND IT'S JUST THIS INCREDIBLY
EMBELLISHED, VERY SHORT
BEAUTIFUL DRESS.
AND THEN, HE'S PAIRED WITH
WHAT HE CALLED HIS
"MOVING BLANKET JACKET."
AND IT'S THIS
PEACH QUILTED JACKET.
IT'S HUGE AND IT KIND OF
WRAPS THE MANNEQUIN UP.
AND IT'S THIS PAIRING OF,
YOU KNOW, FAIRLY SIMPLE
TEXTURE, ONE COLOR, MIXED
WITH ALL OF THIS COLOR
AND SHINE AND BOBBLES.
AND IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL
PAIRING THAT I THINK
ENCAPSULATES A
LOT OF THE SHOW.
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SO, THE RHODE ISLAND
SCHOOL OF DESIGN --
IT'S A FABULOUS DESIGN
SCHOOL IN PROVIDENCE,
RHODE ISLAND,
AND THAT IS WHERE
THIS EXHIBITION ORIGINATED,
AT THEIR MUSEUM.
>> I WAS SPEAKING ON
ABOUT THAT MOST OF
THIS IS FROM THIS
TEN-YEAR PERIOD,
BUT THERE IS ONE ANOMALY.
THERE'S A NEW DRESS
THAT WE
EXECUTED LAST YEAR
THAT WAS MADE BY
OVER 60 PEOPLE.
>> IN THE PROCESS OF
LEADING UP TO THIS
EXHIBITION, HE STARTED
WORKING WITH A CLASS
OF STUDENTS A RISDY.
>> IT TOOK US ALMOST
AN ENTIRE YEAR TO MAKE.
OVER 40 ARTISTS MADE
THE FABRIC FROM SILKSCREEN
AND THEN DOZENS OF
PEOPLE EMBROIDERED
AND STRIPPED THE
FABRIC AND KNITTED IT.
THAT WAS TRULY A LABOR
OF LOVE AND
AN EXTRAVAGANCE
OF BEING PRESENT
WHILE YOU'RE MAKING.
BECAUSE WE KNEW IT
WOULD NEVER BE
WORN BY HUMAN,
IT WOULD ONLY BE ON
DISPLAY IN A MUSEUM,
BUT IT WAS A GREAT EFFORT
AND REALLY, REALLY
FUN TO DO.
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>> SO, TODD DID NOT
JUST STOP AT THE FASHIONS.
TODD DID EVERYTHING.
THERE'S ACCESSORIES,
THERE'S SHOES,
THERE'S EARRINGS,
JEWELRY, NECKLACES,
BRACELETS.
YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING
THAT THESE MODELS WORE
WAS DESIGNED,
TOUCHED BY TODD.
SO HERE IN THE FIRST GALLERY,
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CASES
JUST SHOWING THE WIDE
ARRAY OF THINGS HE DID.
ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS
OF THAT IS WHAT WE
CALL "THE BUTTON CASE."
TODD'S FACTORY HANDMADE
BUTTONS FOR EVERYTHING.
WE GUESSTIMATED ABOUT
2,000 BUTTONS IN THE CASE,
BUT THAT'S NOT EVEN A
FRACTION OF WHAT THEY MADE.
SO, THEY LITERALLY MADE
EVERYTHING FOR
THESE OUTFITS.
>> I JUST ALWAYS --
I NEVER ASK PERMISSION,
I JUST SORT OF DID STUFF.
SO, WHEN MY GRANDMOTHER
TOLD ME SEW AT NINE,
I JUST LOVED IT,
SO I JUST KEPT MAKING.
AND I STARTED MAKING
DRESSES FOR MY SISTER.
>> YOU COULDN'T REALLY GET
A SENSE OF THE BREATH
OF WHAT HE DID
IN THE EXHIBITION.
IT REALLY SHOWCASES
JUST SUCH AN AMAZING LEVEL
OF WORK THAT WENT INTO
THESE BEAUTIFUL GARMENTS,
AND I HOPE WHEN
PEOPLE COME,
THEY TAKE A MOMENT TO
REALLY LOOK AT THEM
BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST
AMAZING TO GO UP CLOSE
AND REALLY APPRECIATE HOW
MUCH HANDWORK WENT
INTO EACH OF THEM.
THEY'RE AMAZING.
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