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Research Spotlight: The Door-Knocker Earring “I’ve come to embrace these items as symbols of resistance, and believe I have a right to be taken seriously no matter what I have on. I should be able to define myself and not be put into a box because of what I’m wearing.”

The door-knocker earring is more than a piece of jewelry, but a cultural marker with deeply rooted significance for women of color. For this reason, it is one of 111 indispensable design objects included in the upcoming exhibition, “Items: Is Fashion Modern?” In a new interview from the curatorial team, 3 wearers navigate the cultural nuances and meanings of the iconic earring mo.ma/2t6GjJn

@moma has introduced our culture into the theater of the aesthetic world. We all have another reason to rejoice. I am honored to announce that two of my vintage originals have been selected by MoMA to be included in their “Items: Is Fashion Modern?” exhibition—MoMA’s first fashion exhibition in 73 years. They have deemed my designs as “the most significant and powerful use of the monogram motif in the last century.” The exhibition will be on display from October 1st, 2017 through January 28th, 2018. When luxury brands wouldn’t sell to me, I decided to cater to my community and our culture in the best way that I knew how. I never imagined that we would impact the world like this.

More details: www.mo.ma/items

Items: Is Fashion Modern? Trailer

On October 1, Items: Is Fashion Modern? explores the present, past—and sometimes the future—of fashion design through 111 items of clothing and accessories that have impacted the way we live in modern world. Among them are iconic staples ranging from the Little Black Dress and the hijab, to the hoodie and the sari. Join us as we explore the many relationships between fashion and functionality, culture, aesthetics, politics, labor, identity, economy, and technology.

#ItemsMoMA Street Style I

On October 1, “Items: Is Fashion Modern?” will fill the entire sixth floor of the Museum, exploring fashion thematically through 111 items selected as powerful and enduring manifestations of the ways in which fashion touches everyone, everywhere, in different ways. The exhibition team is curating sightings of these items—ranging from Air Force 1s to the sari—all over the city, and beyond using #ItemsMoMA on Instagram. Join in ↪️  find the complete list of entries on moma.org/items and start sharing your own images on #ItemsMoMA when you see items on the street.

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1. Aaron on the G train wearing a ✔️  beret, NYC, June 21, 2017.

2. Tourists in front of Robert Indiana’s LOVE sculpture wearing ✔️  bucket hats in the evening rain. July 14, 2017

3. Paul Dillinger, head of global product innovation at Levi Strauss & Co., wearing ✔️  Y-3 while visiting MoMA, June 19, 2017.

4. Items curatorial team members Michelle Millar Fisher @michellemillarfisher and Anna Burckhardt looking over the exhibition model in their ✔️  white t-shirts, June 23.

5. Items curator Paola Antonelli wearing a ✔️ graphic t-shirt by artist #patriciapiccinini, June 23, 2017.