
We hope your holiday was happy and healthy! If you happen to live in or near Cincinnati, Southern California, or New York City, there are some great fashion- and jewelry-related museum exhibitions to help pass the time this week. And if you’re not able to make it out, then you’d be wise to bookmark them for the new year. Happy 2022!
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Simply Brilliant Exhibition at Cincinnati Art Museum: Through Feb. 6 (in person)

For lovers of art jewelry, Simply Brilliant: Artist-Jewelers of the 1960s and 1970s is a can’t-miss event. Featuring some 120 pieces of fine jewelry from the 1960s and ’70s—including the work of independent jewelers such as Andrew Grima, Gilbert Albert, Arthur King, Jean Vendome, and Barbara Anton along with work created for Bulgari, Cartier, Boucheron, and other major houses—the exhibition is drawn from the private collection of Cincinnatian Kimberly Klosterman, who has been collecting jewels from the genre since the mid-1990s.
Christian Dior ‘Designer of Dreams’ Exhibit at Brooklyn Museum: Through Feb. 20 (in person)

In Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams, the Brooklyn Museum traces the groundbreaking history and legacy of the House of Dior, including the designer’s many sources of inspiration—from the splendor of flowers and other natural forms to classical and contemporary art. On display are more than 200 haute couture garments that exemplify the French couturier’s fabled silhouettes, including the “New Look,” which debuted in 1947.
Walt Disney Exhibit at the Bowers Museum: Through June 19 (in person)

Calling all Disney fans! The newest exhibit at Southern California’s Bowers Museum, All That Glitters: The Crown Jewels of the Walt Disney Archives, features jewelry and accessories from popular Disney films in exhibits that underscore how jewelry is used to tell stories, including the ways in which wearable accessories inform viewers about characters. The exhibition looks at crowns, tiaras, watches, rings, bracelets, and more, including a rare merchandise locket from the 1960 film Pollyanna, the stunning Heart of the Ocean necklace from James Cameron’s Titanic (1997), and Anne Hathaway’s crowns and tiaras from The Princess Diaries movies (2001 and 2004).
’45 Stories in Jewelry: 1947 to Now’ Jewelry Exhibition at MAD: Through April 10 (in person)

An early advocate of jewelry as a form of artistic expression, the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) in New York City has assembled an exhibition, 45 Stories in Jewelry: 1947 to Now, that highlights its contributions to the field of art jewelry and contextualizes the bold experimental practices of its most compelling artists on a chronological continuum. “Selected by an advisory committee to represent significant developments in art jewelry since the mid-century, the featured pieces showcase jewelry artists for whom anything can serve as inspiration—from a material or found object to the pressing social and political issues of our time,” according to the MAD website. “Unlike costume and precious jewelry, it is the concept that takes center stage in these works.”
Top: Harini earrings with 5.94 cts. t.w. turquoise, tanzanite, and moonstones and 1.95 cts. t.w. diamonds in rhodium-plated sterling silver, $2,000; Modern Moghul
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