2024 Pageant of the Masters® Theme
The 2024 Pageant of the Masters production of À La Mode: The Art of Fashion will revisit some of history’s grandest spectacles and fashion trends through the magic of living pictures, unforgettable live music, and engaging storytelling. Whether making an entrance or casting a spell, what people have worn through the ages has always been telling. From the splendors of royal courts to today’s catwalks, prepare to be dazzled!
As preparations for next summer’s show begin, numerous artworks are under consideration for the Pageant’s living pictures including works by French painters like James Tissot and Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun and British artist David Hockney. Even the legendary Hollywood designer Edith Head, known for her impeccable sense of style and pioneering work in costume design, may serve as a source of inspiration for this production.
Click here to learn more about the theme in an interview with Pageant Director Diane Challis Davy.
Fashion Show | |||
Royal Raiment | |||
Golden Throne of King Tut | Unknown | Mixed Media | 1332 BCE |
Family of Henry VIII | British School | Oil | 1545 |
George IV | Thomas Lawrence | Oil | 1821 |
Queen Victoria | George Hayter | Oil | 1838-40 |
Paris Fashion House | |||
Empress Eugénie & Ladies of her Court | F. X. Winterhalter | Oil | 1855 |
Cinq Heures Chez Paquet | Henri Alexandre Gervet | Oil | 1906 |
Dressing the Stage | |||
Too Early | James Tissot | Oil | 1873 |
Statuesque | |||
Venus | Erté | Patinated Bronze | |
Broadway’s in Fashion | Erté | Patinated Bronze | 1982 |
Radiance | Erté | Patinated Bronze | 1988 |
La Femme a la Panthere | Erté | Patinated Bronze | 1981 |
Directoire | Erté | Patinated Bronze | |
Elegance | Erté | Patinated Bronze | 1982 |
Fabulous Footwear | |||
Royal Parisian Wedding | Unknown | Manuscript Illumination | 14th century |
The Swing | Jean H. Fragonard | Oil | 1767 |
Angel Shoes | Alexander McQueen | Mixed Media | 2010 |
Costume for Cinema (Hitchcock & Head) | |||
Tippi Hedren (The Birds) | Edith Head | Sketch | 1965 |
The Birds | Unknown | Movie Poster | 1963 |
To Catch a Thief | Unknown | Movie Poster | 1955 |
Grace Kelly (To Catch a Thief) | Edith Head | Sketch | 1965 |
A Met Gala | |||
Aphrodite | Unknown | Marble | c. 1st century |
Wounded Warrior | Unknown | Marble | c. 1st century |
Faustina Bardoni and Fox | Johann Kändler | Meissen Porcelain | c.1743 |
Two Opera Singers | Johann Kändler | Meissen Porcelain | 1749-50 |
Lady and a Gentleman Playing a Duet | Johann Kändler | Meissen Porcelain | 1737 |
Portrait of Marie Antoinette | Élisabeth L. Vigée Le Brun | Oil | 1789 |
Olympia | Édouard Manet | Oil | 1863 |
Portrait of Madame X | John Singer Sargent | Oil | 1884 |
ACT TWO
Followers of Fashion | |||
The Blue Boy | Thomas Gainsborough | Oil | 1790 |
Gentlemen of Bacongo | Daniele Tamagni | Photograph | 2007 |
Swinging London | |||
Mr. and Mrs. Clark and Percy | David Hockney | Oil | 1960 |
The Art of Kimono | |||
Emperor and Empress at Kabuki | Chikanobu | Woodblock Print | 1887 |
Bewitched & Bejewelled | |||
La Séve | Henri Vever | Jeweled pendant | 1900 |
Perfume | Henri Vever | Jeweled pendant | 1900 |
Belle du Nuit | Edmond Henri Becker | Jeweled brooch | 1900 |
Butterfly | Gaston Lafitte | Jeweled brooch | 1900 |
Art People | |||
The Last Supper | Leonardo da Vinci | Tempera on plaster | 1495-1498 |
Program subject to change.