Christian Lacroix the costumier exhibition

Yesterday K and I went to check out the Christian Lacroix the costumier exhibition at National Museum of Singapore. It had been showing there for a while already and this is the last weekend, so it's now or never!

We met up earlier at Dohby Ghaut for Ya Kun breakfast. A cup of tea + two half-boiled eggs + a peanut butter thick toast = satisfied tummy :)

We took 190 there. Ended up walking alot. &!^%@ The weather's a pain in the arse.
K wanted to take alot of pictures, I tried my best to be cooperative. But the weather's really killing me man.



I'm alot happier under the shade, doing jump shots!!









Don't ever say I'm a bully, look who's torturing me!




We thtried to do a jump shot together, FAILED! -.-" We tried several times before we gave up. So tiring!






His turn to jump. Sigh, he got so many shots mid-air. Wonder who's the photographer, HAHHA!


I only managed to get these few mid-air, before I dislocated my fourth toe and got really sullen/ grumpy/ pissed off/ frustrated/ okay I better stop because this list can go on and on for days.

Made our way inside the museum and we saw this:


Art on Site: Love Tank (the Temple) by S. Teddy Darmawan from Indonesia
Tank - an effective war machine, symbol of western supremacy. Traditional Indonesian shrine structure - symbolises the levels of pure love in Hindu-Buddhist thought and are adorned with lotuses, believed to be the padmasana, seats of gods and goddesses.
This installation piece expresses the encounter before the East and West through the visual language of tanks stacked on top of one another into the form of a pagoda. Using lotuses as a camouflage, this killing machines is now a machine bringing love and peace to humankind in this world.

Then, we took the escalator down to the gallery below...

Presenting to you... pictures from the Christian Lacroix the costumier Exhibition

About theatres and costumes
"On stage, everything is symbol, effect, illusion; the costume must speak from the moment the actors, dancers or singers set foot on stage, assisting them physically by being comfortable, but also spiritually by underlining their acting and their role's character. That's why, when working on stage, I like to think that I listen to the director and actors, in all humility, because I'm not serving my own universe but am responsible for illustrating the imaginary world of others, sharing it with inspiration, naturally." - Christian Lacroix (Interview with Xavier Chaumette.)

I'm so glad I didn't miss this exhibition! I went around the gallery, taking in the sights in quiet awe and admiration for the designer.


Sketches of costumes












Sketches of costumes for Cinderella:




Cinderella, and the Prince as a rock star.


Stepsisters


Sketches for the step sisters

More costumes on display:




Sketches for Othello:






More costumes!


Sketch for Nutcracker:


More costumes....


There was also an interactive station for visitors!
Over here, we can design clothes for the paper dolls with the help of stencils. I joined in the fun of course =D



What you see here are pieces of fabric like velvet, lace, organza and silk.

Here's my sketches! It was really fun hahaha :) Gonna cut them out and attach them onto my doll Emma!



Here's Emma with the skirt I designed!

Back to touring the exhibition...


Looks like the dress materialized from the sketch for Cinderella's ball gown!






Costumes from Shakespeare's Othello:

Iago & ....Emilia?


Desdemona's

After that, we headed out of the place and saw this interactive space about colours :)



Tones & Hues:








Okay people, use green or purple highlighters to aid you in your revision.





That's all! :)