The museum's art director, Carla Rumler, in-
vited Los Angeles artist and designer, Michael
Schmidt, and theater and Academy Awards
stage designer, Derek McLane, to create a
gallery in tribute to the company's collabora-
tions with performers and costume designers.
Guests are welcomed into the gallery by man-
nequin in Marlene Dietrich's likeness, dressed
in a recreation of Banton's white tie and tails
from
Blonde Venus (1932). This was also
Swarovski's cinema debut.
As curator, Schmidt chose to include eight fully
costumed and crystalized mannequins repre-
senting artists in their moments of immortality.
As curator, Schmidt chose to include eight
costumed and crystalized mannequins representing artists
eir moments of immortality.
Photos Courtesy of Swarovski
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