This summer, Liverpool Powerhouse presents Revealing Dress: Fashion as Portraiture, a major new exhibition that explores fashion not just as style, but as story. Revealing Dress brings together over 20 leading and emerging artists and designers to show how what we wear expresses who we are, revealing not our skin, but our inner lives. Through every choice, whether deliberate or instinctive, clothing exposes our personal truths, cultural histories and emotional landscapes. From runway garments fresh off Australian Fashion Week to new commissions by Australia's most exciting designers and artists, the exhibition traces how what we wear reflects who we are and what we stand for. Highlights include:
Liverpool Mayor Ned Mannoun didn't miss the chance to embrace the exhibition's flair: "Revealing Dress is a bold reflection of where Liverpool Powerhouse is headed. As we reimagine the centre as a home for the creative industries, it shows how fashion and design can tell powerful stories that resonate across generations," he said. "Fashion is storytelling, identity, power, humour, and sometimes pure spectacle. This exhibition embraces all of that. With works direct from Australian Fashion Week and installations that let you quite literally step into your feelings, Revealing Dress confirms Liverpool as the place where Australia's next great creative chapter is being written — and worn. Our expanded Kids & Families Gallery is another game-changer. Now stretching across the east and west sides of the Level 1 galleries, the newly commissioned installation invites intergenerational engagement. It invites the whole family to immerse themselves in cloaks that explore different emotions through sensory and creative activities, sparking conversations about how we feel and how we express it." This exhibition is a declaration; Liverpool is the place where creativity doesn't hold back. If fashion is a language, Revealing Dress is speaking loud, proud and perfectly tailored to our moment." |
Liverpool Powerhouse Hosts Bold Dress Exhibition
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