GEOFFREY BEENE: AMERICAN INGENUITY
Rockwell Hall
- Kent
Broadbent Gallery | Jean Druesedow, Director
American designer Geoffrey Beene (1927���2004) was respected throughout the American fashion industry for the high technical quality of his work and his innovative, modernist designs. Although very fashionable, Mr. Beene���s collections were never trendy and always original. He took an artist���s approach to turning two-dimensional fabric into a three-dimensional shape for the body and was considered a designer���s designer. Garments from the Museum���s collection will trace his 40-year career.