Front Row: Chinese American Designers/Shanghai Glamour: New Women 1910s-40s 4/26 – 9/29

Anna Sui S/S 2013

Richard Chai. Prabal Gurung. Peter Som. Anna Sui. Vivienne Tam. Alexander Wang. Vera Wang. All familiar names in the fashion industry – but did you know they are all Asian-American?  The Museum of Chinese in America presents two exhibits that examines Chinese-American influence on the industry in both history and present day.

Front Row: Chinese American Designers looks at fashion designers today and interconnection between the garment district, Chinatown, and outsourcing to China. The exhibit will examine those who broke into the industry during the 1980s, like Anna Sui, and how it’s grown tremendously with Michelle Obama wearing designer dresses by Prabal Gurung.

“Front Row: Chinese American Designers” and “Shanghai Glamour: New Women 1910s-40s”