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Cocktail, 100 years of fashion in Röhsska in Gothenburg

Between 15 February and 2 October, with a six-week break, shall complete the Design Museum in Gothenburg Röhsska 100 years of design fashion on cocktail. All issued clothing of the most important fashion designers of this era come from the collection of the museum, the organizers have selected here only branded clothes.

John Galliano Fall / Winter 2010/2011

The term Cocktail comes from the 30's the U.S. than in the whole country appeared colorful cocktails, hidden, should that this is actually acted to alcohol. This drinking habit were also new dances such as Foxtrot and Quick Step, which in turn result in a new fashion direction saw the light, these festivals and dances was adapted.

Jean-Paul Gaultier, Spring / Summer 2007

this fashion, is where the world after the Second World War to what is today understood generally as a cocktail dress, also when the first cocktail dress already in the 20s was introduced by Coco Chanel. Cocktail dress called a fashion that is elegant, something sexy and not overdressed and can therefore be worn to every party.

Two models of Issey Miyake

The term cocktail dress is very difficult to narrow, leading to many theories, because fashion is also dependent on the country in which it arises . This is also the issue of cocktail making in the museum Röhsska very clear by dresses of Christian Dior and Coco Chanel are shown as well as models by Mary Quant, Hanae Mori Steinunn Sigurdardottir, what the visitors of the exhibition allows a very wide range of cocktail dresses to discover.

Ted Hesselbom explains the emergence of a dress

The exhibition at cocktail dress coincides of course with the flapper-fashion, which expresses an era in which women bodice laid aside, wore soft clothes and comfort prevailed in fashion, emerged as a dress, it also allowed to dance Charleston. If you look at the fashion show in Röhsska closely, one finds in the 100 years history of the cocktail mode much of what you again today in modern dress place.

Copyright text and photos: Herbert Karlin