Kristina Parsons
The Jewish Museum Presents: Virtual Curator Talk: Mood of the Moment: Gaby Aghion and the House of Chloé
Summary
Kristina Parsons, Leon Levy Assistant Curator at the Jewish Museum discusses the first museum exhibition honoring the visionary Jewish entrepreneur Gaby Aghion and her legacy as the founder of the French fashion house Chloé.
Highlighting Aghion’s vision of effortless, luxurious fashion, and the work of iconic designers who began their careers with the brand, including Karl Lagerfeld, Stella McCartney, and Phoebe Philo, the exhibition showcases Aghion as a leader whose work altered the course of the global fashion industry in liberating women’s bodies from the restrictive attitudes and styles of the time, as well as pioneering the emergence of luxury ready-to-wear. By capturing the mood of the moment, Aghion founded a fashion brand characterized by an easy elegance.
Kristina Parsons
Kristina Parsons is the Leon Levy Assistant Curator at the Jewish Museum in New York. Her research centers around material culture, technology, and migration in the twentieth century. Parsons has worked on exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art and the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum and most recently has worked on the Jewish Museum exhibitions Jonas Mekas: The Camera Was Always Running and New York: 1962-1964.