The Altino Arantes building -an important Art deco skyscraper, headquarters of Farol Santander (a prominent 35-floor skyscraper with cultural exhibits & an observation deck for city views) in São Paulo, features from January 22nd until April 4th, 2021- 10 am to 8 pm (Tuesday to Sunday)- on the 19th and 20th floors- the exhibition A Arte da Moda – Histórias Criativas (The Art of Fashion – Creative Stories).
The exhibition shows, with the curatorship of Giselle Padoin, the relationship between fashion and art through a timeline, revealing the development of studios in Brazil and Europe, with more than 170 items that tell the history of fashion and its evolution from classic to contemporary, and the influence of the Parisian aesthetic revolution on artists and cultural references around the 1910s.
The exhibition showcases Sissa, a Brazilian fashion brand, with garments that rescue the country’s originality with authorial identity and handcrafted creations. Alessandra Affonso Ferreira, the fashion designer behind Sissa, mixes her private repertoire with the global vision of the contemporary fashion universe and the most varied cultural references.
The collection features eighteen pieces, featuring drawings and painting materiais, as well as videos and demonstrations of the manual weaving work in the city district of Muquém, Minas Gerais state, fabric recycled by women from the community of Minas Gerais, taking advantage of the textile residue from production.
