31 May 2012 - 31 March 2013

Mint Museum Randolph

Hand-beaded and ornamented gowns from 1937 to 2012 comprise this special exhibition. And the Bead Goes On features approximately three dozen glittering, extravagant selections from The Mint Museum Fashion Collection, such as the work of Oscar de la Renta, Bob Mackie, Mary McFadden, Halston, and Geoffrey Beene among others, accompanied by loans from notable international contemporary designers Lisa Folawiyo, Alber Elbaz, Jad Ghandour, and Naeem Khan.    

Designers Featured in the Exhibition

Giorgio Armani (1934 -     )

• Website of the design house
• Review of the label's designs and store from the New York Times 
• Profile of the designer and his label from New York Magazine 
• Lengthy interview with Armani from Interview Magazine 

Charles Armour

• Armour describes his Spring collection in this 1941 issue of The Milwaukee Journal 
• Armour talks style in this brief 1942 article in the St. Petersburg Times

Alfred Bosand

• Images of gowns he designed for Miss America during the 1960s  

Hattie Carnegie (1886-1956)

• Biography on Carnegie from the Jewish Women's Archive
• Decade-by-decade overview and images of her life and label from Vintage Fashion Guild 
• Profile on Carnegie from Fashion Encyclopedia 
• Article on her life and legacy from On This Day in Fashion  

Kevin Carter (1994 -    )

• Designer's website 
• The 18 year-old's designer bio from Charlotte Fashion Week
• Brief article and photo from Carter's appearance on Charlotte's WBTV 

Oleg Cassini (1913-2006)

• Designer's website 
• An article on Cassini's personal life from Vanity Fair and another article about the lawsuit that followed
• Cassini's obituary from The New York Times 
• ABC News article about his legacy and influence 

Oscar de la Renta (1932-    )

• Website of the design house
• Profile of the label with photos, articles and a biography from New York Magazine 
• Collection of articles from The New York Times
• Article and conversation with Oscar de la Renta from Vanity Fair 
• Find more on the Mint Wiki page for the Mint spotlight exhibition Oscar de la Renta: Charlotte's Collection

Alber Elbaz (1961-    )

• Interview with Elbaz from Interview Magazine
• Biography from British Vogue 
• Website of Elbaz's fashion house, LANVIN 
• Profile and timeline of Elbaz's life and professional career as well as the LANVIN label from Voguepedia 

Lisa Folawiyo (1976-    )

• Website of the designer's label Jewel by Lisa
• Article on Folawiyo from BBC News 
• Brief interview with designer from Arise Magazine 
• Blog interview with the designer from Heritage1960 

Sara Fredericks (1903-1986)

• Her obituary from The New York Times and from the Sun-Sentinel  of Fort Lauderdale
• 1966 article on Sara Fredericks' collection from Palm Beach Daily News on Google Newspapers
• 1965 article from Palm Beach Daily News on Google Newspapers 

 Roy Halston Frowick (1932-1990)

• Information on Halston's look and label from Fashion Model Directory
• Biography  from British Vogue 
• A guide to Halston with profile, images and video from New York Magazine  

Jad Ghandour (1986-    )

• Website of the designer 
• Review and photos of Fall 2012 collection from CNN iReport 
• Interview with Ghandour and reveal of his $1.5 million dress from M.I.A. Magazine  

Marie Gray (1937-    )

• Gray co-founded and designed for St. John Knits International, usually known as St. John
• Recent St. John collections can be viewed from the Style.com site 
• Her profile from Bloomberg Businessweek 
• A little history from Vintage Label Guild website
• 1997 Interview with Gray about the label's beginning from The Oregonian
• LA Times article about the history of the St. John label 

Bob Mackie (1940-    )

• Bob Mackie's website 
• Profile with an overview of the label from New York Magazine 
• Brief glimpse at facts about Mackie, his awards and honors from NNDB.com 
• Video interview with Mackie on designing costumes from the Archive of American Television  

Marie McCarthy (1906-1992)

• A brief obituary from The New York Times
• McCarthy designed for Larry Aldrich who later founded the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum 

Mary McFadden (1938-    )

• Overview and biography from Fashion Encyclopedia
• Biography from jewelryaccessories.com  
• Article on McFadden and the current state of fashion from the Wall Street Journal 
• Article on her personal life and marriages from People Magazine 

Ben Reig (1899-1968)

• Overview of Ben Reig's designs and some photos from Past Perfect Vintage Blog 
• Brief label history from Vintage Fashion Guild 

Pedro Rodriguez (1895-1990) 

• Article on Rodriguez' regional fame from FIDM Museum 
• Information on "What to Wear" Exhibition featuring Rodriguez from Disseny Hub Barcelona
• Brief summary of label from Vintage Fashion Guild 

Adolfo F. Sardina (1933-    )

• Website of the Adolfo design house
• "Adolfo decides to quit designing" article from the New York Times 
• Overview of his career from NNDB
• Information on the label from Vintage Fashion Guild's Label Resource 

Arnold Scaasi (1931-    )

• Biographical information from the Fashion Model Directory 
• The designer's video interview with Charlie Rose from 1996
• 2002 article on Scaasi from New York Magazine 

Malcolm Starr (1924-2008)

• Label history and images from Past Perfect Vintage Blog
• Brief profile from Vintage Fashion Guild  
• Starr's obituary from Women's Wear Daily 

Selected Print Resources from the Mint Museum Library

• DeCaro, Frank. Unmistakably Mackie: the Fashion and Fantasy of Bob Mackie. New York: Universe Pub., 1999.
• Dubin, Lois Sherr. The History of Beads: from 100,000 B.C. to Present. New York: Abrams, 2009.  
• Gross, Elaine. Halston: an American Original. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1999. 
• Jennings, Helen. New African Fashion.  Munich: Prestel, 2011. 
• Jones, Terry, ed. Fashion Now: i-D Selects the World's 150 Most Imporatant Designers. Cologne: Taschen, 2005. 
• Kellogg, Ann T., et al.  In an Influential Fashion: An Encyclopedia of Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Fashion Designers and Retailers Who Transformed Dress.  Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002.
• Oscar de la Renta: Fashion & Design at The Mint Museum. Charlotte, NC: Mint Museum, 2011. 

For more books on fashion and the designers represented in this exhibition, search MARCO, the Mint Art Research Catalog Online 

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Created by Nicole Jacobson, Volunteer for the Mint Museum Library