The Arts
The arts have figured prominently in Narciso Rodriguez’s life and work. The designer has collaborated in several films, among them, The Family Stone in 2005 and the 2008 remake of The Women. Rodriguez has maintained longstanding personal relationships with many actresses, including Sarah Jessica Parker, Claire Danes, Julianna Margulies and Rachel Weisz. Rodriguez established a relationship with internationally celebrated choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, founder/director of Morphoses; he designed costumes for Morphoses’ American and British premieres in 2008. The designer continued his involvement in the world of dance in a collaboration with well-known choreographer Jonah Bokaer in 2010, in a series of performances curated by Cecilia Dean and writer David Coleman. Rodriguez also collaborated with artist Cindy Sherman on a project for American Vogue. The designer’s work has been featured in several museum exhibitions including MoCA’s “Skin and Bones” in LA and Cooper Hewitt’s Design Triennial Exhibition, both in 2006. In 2010, there was a comprehensive retrospective of Rodriguez’s work in San Juan, Puerto Rico to benefit the nonprofit organization Alas a la Mujer, a group to support women’s education. The designer was also featured in “American Beauty: Aesthetics and Innovation in Fashion” at the Museum at FIT. In 2010, Sundance presented The Day Before, a behind-the-scenes look at the designer and his atelier, directed by Loic Prigent, for his series on the 24 hours leading up to a fashion show.
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