FLORALS IN FASHION
Fashion show at the New York Botanical Garden
Among all marvelous miracles of life on Earth and space, flowers play an inspiring role in human culture. Flowers captivate hearts with their splendor turning the hardness of life into a promise of joy, fruits, and aromas for thousands of years. Is not strange for us to use it as a symbol of beauty like delicate songs and art that translates to shapes, colors, and patterns dressing our bodies.
The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) offers to the visitors the 21st edition of the iconic Orchid exhibition THE ORCHID SHOW: FLORALS IN FASHION. It’s a celebration and total floral inspiring experience by the hand of three talented fashion designers exposing their unique perspective on the connections between the botanical world and fashion. It’s located in three big stages inside the complex, available for visitors from February 17th to April 21, 2024. It’s a must visit not only for fashion enthusiasts and horticulturists. The Enid A. Haupt Conservatory is a sensorial and deep temple to life offering an incredible collection of orchids from the entire world carefully ground in an artificial atmosphere in the middle of New York.
Hillary Taymour is a founder and creative director of Collina Strada, a fashion platform dedicated to promoting climate and social awareness and fostering self-expression. Olivia Cheng is a designer and founder of fashion label Dauphinette, which is best known for its use of preserved botanicals and repurposed materials to create upcycled fashions. FLWR PSTL aka Kristen Alpaugh, botanical artist, and founder and creative director at Haus of Stems, the world's first on-demand botanical art atelier, known for her experimental botanical artwork and custom wearables.
We eagerly advise you to visit the exhibition and enjoy the creative fashion pieces while connecting with nature in this beautiful jungle inside the concrete jungle. Get your tickets here.