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NY History Museum Honors Fashion Icon Bill
3 Jul
Summary
- A new exhibit will showcase Bill Cunningham's fashion archive.
- The show, "We All Dress for Bill," opens in winter 2027.
- It will feature items from his six decades of street photography.
In the winter of 2027, The New York Historical Society will present "We All Dress for Bill," an exhibition celebrating the legacy of Bill Cunningham. The show will draw from his vast archive, capturing over six decades of his iconic street-style photography and fashion documentation.
Visitors will experience a curated selection of items, including photographs, fabric swatches, scrapbooks, his camera, and his signature blue coat. Anna Wintour will provide advisory support to guest curator Raul Martinez, global creative director of Vogue. Cunningham, who practically invented street-style photography with his column "On the Street," documented New Yorkers' style for decades.
His final "On the Street" column appeared in March 2016, just months before his passing on June 25, 2016. The archive itself contains approximately 6,000 linear feet of material, promising an intimate glimpse into the life of a man who was a living landmark of New York City.
