☞ SEE: The Stephen Burrows Exhibit at MCNY

March 22nd, The Stephen Burrows Exhibit at The Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue at East 103rd Street.  The New York Times reports that The Museum of the City of New York will have an exhibition in honor of the notable African-American designer Stephen Burrows.  Mr. Burrows was a contemporary of Halston in the 70s and was noted for bright pattern inset jersey dresses with a revolutionary lettuce hem treatment and had once planned to open a boutique hotel in Harlem: LINK

Back in 1973, Burrows was also one of the five great American designer chosen to present against French couture giants such as Dior and YSL in a fashion show to raise money for repairing the Palais Versaille in France.  This legendary event eventually showed the world that Americans had arrived in modern times and the French could be somewhat stiff in their fashion traditions.  Those interested on more details of this historic event should check out the trailer for the recent documentary on Versaille 73: LINK