THIS SPRING, THE JAMES A MICHENER ART MUSEUM, DOYLESTOWN, PA., PRESENTS CONTEMPORARY FASHIONS BY COSTUME ARTIST MICHELLE ANNETTE BERKOWITZ. CELEBRATED IN THE SOCIETY PAGES OF THE GREATER PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS FOR HER UNIQUE EVENING GOWNS, BERKOWITZ'S DESIGN EXPLORATIONS ALSO INCLUDE MILLINERY, BEADED JEWELRY AND STERLING SILVER, AND RESTORATION WORK ON VINTAGE APPAREL. 'MICHELLE BERKOWITZ: CONTEMPORARY COSTUMES' IS ON VIEW IN THE MUSEUM'S PFUNDT GALLERY FROM 17.APRIL THROUGH 8.AUGUST AS A COUNTERPART TO 'ICONS OF COSTUME: HOLLYWOOD'S GOLDEN ERA AND BEYOND'. 'USING ANTIQUE FABRICS AND TRIM AND PERIOD SEWING TECHNIQUES, I CREATE WEARABLE ART FOR TODAY'S WOMAN', EXPLAINS BERKOWITZ, WHOSE GOWNS OFTEN FEATURE MODULAR COMPONENTS, LIKE CRINOLINES, UNDERSKIRTS, JACKETS AND WRAPS THAT CAN BE INTERCHANGED TO CREATE MULTIPLE COSTUMES. BERKOWITZ'S INFLUENCES INCLUDE THE FATHER OF HAUTE COUTURE, CHARLES FREDERICK WORTH, NOTED PHILADELPHIA MILLINER, ALZIE JACKSON, AND RENOWNED DESIGNER JUDITH LEIBER. A NATIVE OF PHILADELPHIA, BERKOWITZ STUDIED INTERIOR DESIGN AT DREXEL UNIVERSITY AND MILLINERY AT MOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN. IN ADDITION TO HER OWN ORIGINAL WORK, BERKOWITZ IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED WITH RESTORATION OF COSTUMES FROM THE EARLY DAYS OF HOLLYWOOD.
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