Ikat and Haute-Couture

In 2005, Oscar de la Renta included ikat designs in his collections, an innovation that was soon followed by other designers in the united states and elswhere.

To Dye For : Ikats from Central Asia current exhibition at

the freer|sackler gallery in Washington DC.

The exhibition brings together exceptional wall ikat hangings and robes made in nineteenth-century Uzbekistan part of the Freer|Sackler collection as well as several of Oscar de la Renta's iconic creations

Oscar de la Renta speaks about ikat

Picture of an ikat hanging from the exhibition

March 24 -July 29, 2018