Folk Couture: Fashion and Folk Art

Fashion has always found inspiration in unpredictable sources: art, life, history—there are no boundaries. In this spirit, Folk Couture: Fashion and Folk Art explores the relationship between inspiration and creation. Thirteen established and emerging designers have created original ensembles inspired by artwork in the American Folk Art Museum’s collection.

Exhibition overview from the Folk Art Museum website

Whether or not you go to this exhibition, the exhibition catalog, Folk Couture: Fashion and Folk Art, explores the creations of thirteen fashion designers who have created original ensembles inspired by objects in the American Folk Art Museum’s collection.