RRRIPP!! Paper Fashion is a spectacular and unique exhibition of paper garments from the ATOPOS collection, curated by Vassilis Zidianakis and Stamos Fafalios. The exhibition grew out of the trend for disposable paper clothing made fashionable in the United States and later in Europe during the Swinging Sixties. Part of the collection consists of a large number of authentic and rare disposable paper dresses of the 1960s - possibly one of the largest paper dress collection in the world. The collection includes the Souper Dress (1968) after Andy Warhol; the Yellow Pages paper dress; paper dresses from the 1968 US election campaigns; and the Poster Dresses by American graphic designer Harry Gordon. This paper dress collection also acts as inspiration for commissioning new works of art and fashion from artists such as Howard Hodgkin, Robert Wilson, Angelo Plessas and Marcus Tomlinson (amongst others).
The ATOPOS collection also includes rare examples of paper Kamiko coats and paper underclothing of the Edo and Meiji periods from Japan, and also China. These pieces are examples of particularly beautiful craftsmanship and connect the history of paper clothing with the ‘paper’ fashion of the sixties.
The exhibition is constantly being enriched with rare additions of fashion items from designers such as Issey Miyake, Hussein Chalayan, Martin Margiela, Walter Van Beirendonck, A.F. Vandevorst and Helmut Lang.
ATOPOS CVC is a non-for profit cultural organization founded in 2003 in Athens.
A fully illustrated catalogue featuring essays by Akiko Fukai, Kaat Debo and Christoph Grunenberg amongst others accompanies the touring exhibition.
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RRRIPP!! Paper Fashion past touring exhibition venues:
Chadstone-The Fashion Capital, Melbourne, Australia
16 May - 5 June 2011
Museum Bellerive, Zurich, Switzerland
30 Apr - 1 Aug 2010
Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
1 Mar- 29 Apr 2007
Musee d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean (MUDAM), Luxemburg
11 Oct 2008 – 2 Feb 2009
ModeMuseum (MoMu), Antwerp, Belgium
6 Mar- 16 Aug 2009
