# Exhibitions
# Art & design
# This and that
Collect fashion. From T-shirts to haute couture
Textilmuseum, Vadianstrasse 2, 9000 St. Gallen
Adults: 12 CHF
Group rate (from 10 pers.): 9 CHF/ pers.
Learners / students up to 26 years (ID): 5 CHF
Holders of the KulturLegi: CHF 5
Children / young people* up to 18 years: 5 CHF
Group rate (from 10 pers.): 9 CHF/ pers.
Learners / students up to 26 years (ID): 5 CHF
Holders of the KulturLegi: CHF 5
Children / young people* up to 18 years: 5 CHF
Special exhibition at the Textile Museum: "Collecting fashion. From T-shirts to haute couture" with an insight into four private collections and the collection of the Textile Museum.
Whether evening dresses or streetwear, lingerie or men's suits - collectors gather textile treasures, organize and preserve them. What is behind the passion for collecting and what makes an item of clothing worth collecting?
The exhibition delves into the fascination of collecting and questions ownership, responsibility and excess. It offers insights into the collection of the Textile Museum St.Gallen and shows excerpts from four private collections.
Pop culture and graphic design are reflected in exclusive T-shirts; a collection of sophisticated underwear that reflects the changing ideals of female beauty provides a glimpse "underneath"; unique ensembles tailored according to the designs of haute couturiers in Switzerland enchant the public; stylish suits and elegant accessories represent men's fashion from the 1920s to the 1940s.
The exhibition is complemented by important pieces from the collection of the Textile Museum, which preserves the rich textile history of St.Gallen and Eastern Switzerland. They show how a collection conveys knowledge and provides inspiration - but also the challenges involved in preserving this cultural heritage.
Visitors are invited to think along and consider their own closet and possibly their own collecting habits: Do we consciously assemble our wardrobe or do clothes accumulate on us? How do we find a personal style beyond fashion trends? In the tension between fascination and abundance, (over)consumption also comes into focus - and the fine line between targeted collecting and indiscriminate accumulation.
In the art installation Lumpensammlerin (2024), artist Andrea Vogel takes up this theme and shows the unexpected places where discarded textiles end up - and what can be created from them. In the second artistic intervention, photographer Rebecca Bowring's series l'étreinte (2020) explores the legacy of private collections and the emotional value of textile memorabilia.
In collaboration with the private collectors Rosmarie Amacher, Marcus Gossolt, Reto Salis Gross and Beata Sievi and the artists Andrea Vogel and Rebecca Bowring.
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.
The exhibition delves into the fascination of collecting and questions ownership, responsibility and excess. It offers insights into the collection of the Textile Museum St.Gallen and shows excerpts from four private collections.
Pop culture and graphic design are reflected in exclusive T-shirts; a collection of sophisticated underwear that reflects the changing ideals of female beauty provides a glimpse "underneath"; unique ensembles tailored according to the designs of haute couturiers in Switzerland enchant the public; stylish suits and elegant accessories represent men's fashion from the 1920s to the 1940s.
The exhibition is complemented by important pieces from the collection of the Textile Museum, which preserves the rich textile history of St.Gallen and Eastern Switzerland. They show how a collection conveys knowledge and provides inspiration - but also the challenges involved in preserving this cultural heritage.
Visitors are invited to think along and consider their own closet and possibly their own collecting habits: Do we consciously assemble our wardrobe or do clothes accumulate on us? How do we find a personal style beyond fashion trends? In the tension between fascination and abundance, (over)consumption also comes into focus - and the fine line between targeted collecting and indiscriminate accumulation.
In the art installation Lumpensammlerin (2024), artist Andrea Vogel takes up this theme and shows the unexpected places where discarded textiles end up - and what can be created from them. In the second artistic intervention, photographer Rebecca Bowring's series l'étreinte (2020) explores the legacy of private collections and the emotional value of textile memorabilia.
In collaboration with the private collectors Rosmarie Amacher, Marcus Gossolt, Reto Salis Gross and Beata Sievi and the artists Andrea Vogel and Rebecca Bowring.
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.
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