Theater De La Mode July 1, 2011

In the fall of 1944, a liberated Paris found itself running on scant resources. To re-establish the city as the center of fashion, designers, jewelers, hairdressers and others teamed up to create the unique Theatre de la Mode, which featured a series of small mannequins wearing contemporary attire. The Phoenix Art Museum will be exhibiting three of the original setups from the historic touring collection.