Venice

I initially found it quite odd that our professor chose to travel to Venice for a class field trip, especially when Milan, a world renowned fashion center, is just as close.  However, upon entrance to the Palazzo Mocenigo, this choice became clearer to me.
It is only fitting that a film celebrity fashion exhibit take place in a glamorous home.  The staged camera flashes in the entryway and Madonna's teal beaded butterfly dress set the stage (no pun intended) nicely.  When we went upstairs, we were greeted by dozen of elegant gowns, worn to the film festival in current years.  I thought it was so creative that the curator of the exhibit turned the mannequin heads into write-ups about the dress and the celebrity who wore it!  The cubes on top of the organically shaped bodies made the exhibition feel more modern and fashion forward.  In short, it felt more like a current fashion show, with the angles of the cubes and contrasting with the flowing silhouettes of many of the gowns.  As someone who does not watch a lot of movies, I had a hard time appreciating the couture as a function of the film.  I found that I could have more of an objective eye towards the clothing, because I wasn't familiar with the context that made it famous.
I enjoyed our second museum thoroughly.  The modern art in a warehouse/factory setting reminded me of the Tate Modern, which is one of my favorite museums.  However, I thought it was a stretch in terms of what we are learning in our fashion class.