Marga Weimans - Fashion House
First major retrospective of fashion designer Marga Weimans (1970). Weimans was the first Dutch couturier to graduate from the prestigious fashion programme at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. In her work she addresses a wide variety of themes concerning identity, technology, and beauty. Sources of inspiration are, among others, her Surinamese background and living in a major city as Rotterdam, as well as innovative techniques and materials.
Curators: Mark Wilson, Sue-an van der Zijpp
Book: English catalogue Marga Weimans: Fashion House, authors: Andreas Blühm, Sue-an van der Zijpp, Efua Heyliger, ISBN: 9789071691720
Special thanks to: SNS Reaal Fonds, Mondriaan Fonds