Exhibition featureEphemeral Matters. Into the Fashion Archive

International Library of Fashion Research and Elise By Olsen’s personal archives are exhibited in ‘Ephemeral Matters. Into the Fashion Archive’ at the National Museum of Norway (Prints and Drawings Gallery, 2nd floor). Curated by Marco Pecorari and Hanne Eide. The exhibition is based on exclusive loans from Palais Galliera, Diktats, Rare Books Paris, Queer Zine Projects, International Library of Fashion Research and The National Museum’s library and archive. From spectacular invitations to rare lookbooks the exhibition “Ephemeral Matters. Into the Fashion Archive” showcases ephemera from six different public and private collections, from France, USA and Norway. In the exhibition you will discover a broad array of unique catalogues, invitations, invoices, and illustrations dating from the 18th century to the present. Much of the material have never been shown before.

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