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A glorious dressing-up box of vintage clothes worn by the greatest New York fashion icons is being prized open \u2013 and you can be there to peer inside.<\/p>\n

There is everything from the fur bunny mask and gown that actress Candice Bergen wore to Truman Capote\u2019s 1966 Black and White Ball, to Rosie the Riveter\u2019s<\/a> wartime jumpsuit.<\/p>\n

\"PLASTIC<\/a>

PLASTIC FANTASTIC… red vinyl coat by Pierre Cardin, 1969. \u00a9MCNY<\/p><\/div>\n

Visitors can watch staff at Museum of the City of New York dressing and photographing mannequins in trendsetting outfits from the 40s to the 60s, including clothes worn by Lauren Bacall and Wallis Simpson.<\/p>\n

All the garments at Dressing Room: Archiving Fashion<\/em> were worn by notable New York women and document the city\u2019s arrival as a fashion capital.<\/p>\n

\"DELICATE...museum<\/a>

DELICATE…museum staff photograph Candice Bergen’s bunny outfit at Dressing Room \u00a9MCNY<\/p><\/div>\n

Curator Phyllis Magidson said: \u201cVery few individuals have a true idea of what is entailed in dressing a mannequin with an archival garment, so we wanted to demystify the process.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are handling pieces that were not always perfectly proportioned. So we are happy to provide an opportunity for the public to see the complexity of the process, while doing our job of making the garments look as close to when they were worn as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"MINI<\/a>

MINI MAGIC… wool dress by Emanuel Ungaro, 68-1969. \u00a9MCNY<\/p><\/div>\n

The public will be able to see vintage New York fashion in all its glory \u2013 and may even get the chance to ask questions at quieter times, though there are also multi-media screens and information panels.<\/p>\n

Magidson said: \u201cCollections staff are working just a few feet in front of the visitors, and guests have a clear view of the garments. We do have plenty of exhibition highlights, like the garments from Capote\u2019s<\/a> Black and White Ball.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"FACE-OFF...Candice<\/a>

FACE-OFF…Candice Bergen takes a break from the mask at Capote’s ball<\/p><\/div>\n

Other showstoppers include Harlem designer Ruby Bailey\u2019s \u2018Bugs\u2019 cocktail dress from the 50s, which is printed with webs and adorned with spiders and jeweled bees, as well as the Balenciaga lace gown worn by Gentlemen Prefer Blondes<\/a><\/em> author Anita Loos.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pieces designed by Haute Couture House of Balenciaga, spanning the 1940s through the 1960s, are the most fragile. These are especially sensitive because they are multilayered garments by design, many containing custom boning and many depending upon radical contrasts in fabric delicacy,\u201d explained Magidson.<\/p>\n

\"COCKTAIL<\/a>

COCKTAIL HOUR…bubble-gum pink dress by Yves Saint Laurent, mid-1960s. \u00a9MCNY<\/p><\/div>\n

Dressing Room is part of the museum\u2019s project to digitize and catalog 400 women\u2019s garments for the online Collections Portal, so they are available to social historians, fashion scholars, costume designers, and the general public.<\/p>\n

The museum’s\u00a0Ronay Menschel Director,<\/i> Whitney Donhauser, added: \u201cDressing Room<\/em> offers a unique opportunity to see garments that embody the pinnacle of last century\u2019s NYC fashion scene and to experience first-hand how the Museum of the City of New York is working to make our permanent collection widely accessible to a 21st<\/sup> century audience.\u201d<\/p>\n

*Dressing Room: Archiving Fashion<\/a><\/em> is open Monday \u2013 Friday, 10am-12.30pm and 1.30-3.30pm until March 25, 2016.<\/p>\n

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