Kidorama – 200 years of children’s fashion

text Enrico Fragale Esposito

Siamo appena tornati da un tour che ci ha visto volare da Copenhagen a Firenze e poi Parigi eppure partiremmo nuovamente senza esitazione verso Bruxelles. La capitale belga ospita infatti dall’8 Luglio un’interessantissima mostra sulla moda bambino: Kidorama – 200 years of children’s fashion.

Segnatevi l’indirizzo: il Fashion and Lace Museum, che per la prima volta in 20 anni dedica una mostra del genere alla moda bambino. Fino al 19esimo secolo l’abbigliamento dei più piccoli era generalmente copiato da quello degli adulti, mentre ora i piccoli sono protagonisti del proprio guardaroba e dettano tendenza… cosa è successo nel mentre ce lo racconta l’esibizione, attraverso un percorso cronologico e tematico che pone domande e offre risposte, anche per i genitori.

Scopriamo così che la distinzione fra il rosa per le bimbe e il blu per i maschi nasce appena negli anni ’50 sebbene pensiamo che sia radicato nel tempo, oppure che ad essere pionieri del settore furono Lanvin e Dior.

I nomi che hanno contribuito alla realizzazione di questa iniziativa spaziano dai grandi marchi (Baby Dior, Balmain, Gaultier Junior, Jacquemus, Lanvin, Maison Margiela, Paco Rabanne, Thom Browne) ad eccellenze del kid’s (Bonpoint, Caroline Bosmans, Cos I Said So) fino a novità come il marchio Tom & Boy, che noi abbiamo appena scoperto al Playtime di Parigi.

Avete tempo fino al 5 Marzo del 2023! 😉

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We have just returned from a tour that saw us fly from Copenhagen to Florence and then on to Paris, and yet we would leave again without hesitation for Brussels. The Belgian capital is hosting a very interesting exhibition on children’s fashion from the 8th of July: Kidorama – 200 years of children’s fashion.

Mark the address: the Fashion and Lace Museum, which for the first time in 20 years is dedicating an exhibition of this kind to children’s fashion. Up until the 19th century, children’s clothing was generally copied from that of adults, while now the little ones are the protagonists of their own wardrobe and set the trends… what has happened in the meantime is told by the exhibition, through a chronological and thematic path that poses questions and offers answers, also for parents.

We thus discover that the distinction between pink for girls and blue for boys was only born in the 1950s although we think it is rooted in time, or that it was Lanvin and Dior who pioneered the sector.

The names contributing to this initiative range from big brands (Baby Dior, Balmain, Gaultier Junior, Jacquemus, Lanvin, Maison Margiela, Paco Rabanne, Thom Browne) to kid’s excellences (Bonpoint, Caroline Bosmans, Cos I Said So) to newcomers such as the brand Tom & Boy, which we just discovered at Playtime in Paris.

You have time to plan a visit until 5 March 2023! 😉

Kidorama – 200 years of children’s fashion
July 8th, 2022 – March 5th, 2023

Museum of Fashion and Lace
rue de la Violette 12
Brussels, Belgium

fashionandlacemuseum.brussels
@fashionandlacemuseum

Cover image Dress, Caroline Bosmans, F/W 2021. © Fashion & Lace Museum.
Picture 1 Bustle dress, 1877-82,gift by Madame Ponsart. © Fashion & Lace Museum.
Picture 2 Mother and daughter matching dresses, 1958, gift by Madame De Meyer-Pire. © Fashion & Lace Museum.
Picture 3 Dress for little boy, 1870-95, gift by Madame De Keyser. © Fashion & Lace Museum.
Picture 4 Dress, Liberty cotton print, 1980-81, gift by Madame Martine Kuhn. © Fashion & Lace Museum.
Picture 5 Traveling outfit, 1935-39. © Fashion & Lace Museum.