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museums & galleries ARIZONA THE PHOENIX ART MUSEUM hosts Fashion of the 1920s at the Ellman Fashion Design Gallery from September 22 through February 10, 2013. The exhibition shows how the meaning of fashion in the jazz age goes far beyond the beaded flapper dress and cloche hat. In the wave of exuberance and euphoria that followed WWI through the stock market crash of 1929, freedom in the emancipated climate of the post-war years fostered a decade of change in clothing styles that became quintessentially modern. Featuring more than forty ensembles and accessories, by more than a dozen fashion designers including icons Gabrielle Chanel, Madeleine Vionnet and Jean Patou, the exhibition provides a stunning overview of the decade's creative and revolutionary garments that continue to impact fashion today. 1625 North Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85004; 602.257.1222; www.phxart.org. CALIFORNIA THE BOWERS MUSEUM presents Fabergé: Imperial Jeweler to the Tsars, through January 6, 2013. Perhaps best known for Imperial Easter Eggs created for the Russian Royal family, the House of Fabergé also fashioned jewelry and luxurious gifts for many ruling families of Europe, as well as other wealthy patrons. Some examples of the items on display are personal gifts to the Tsar and Tsarina, a tiara, the Fire Screen picture frame, and the Nobel Ice Egg, one of the few Imperial- styled eggs in private hands. The jewelry, clocks, picture frames, boxes, and eggs in this collection have been thoughtfully selected to exemplify extraordinary materials and workmanship. 2002 North Main St., Santa Ana, CA 92706; 714.567.3600; www.bowers.org. THE FASHION INSTITUTE OF DESIGN AND MERCHANDISING MUSEUM AND GALLERIES presents The Outstanding Art of Television Costume Design, the sixth annual exhibition, through October 20. Giving visitors an opportunity to review their favorite TV shows and characters, the exhibition celebrates television costume design and includes more than seventy-five costumes selected from a variety of television genres: episodic series, movies and mini- series. 919 South Grand Ave., Suite 250, Los Angeles, CA 90015; 213.623.5821; fidmmuseum.org. THE MINGEI INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM displays Hats & Headdresses: Selections from the Permanent Collection, through September 9. Celebrating the breadth and depth of Mingei's permanent collection, this exhibition features hats and headdresses from cultures and countries around the world. Simple, straw peasant hats from Southeast Asia are featured alongside colorful South American felted hats and beaded African headgear. 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101; 619.239.0003; www.mingei.org. THE SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF QUILTS & TEXTILES hosts the second International TECHstyle Art Biennial (ITAB), through October 14. The exhibition chronicles how emerging artists are combining textiles and technology. A juried exhibition, ITAB highlights new information and communication technologies that contemporary fiber artists are using in their artistic processes, as a medium of artistic expression and/or in the content of their work. The exhibition includes both anti-tech (such as handmade Kapa cloth) as well as pro-tech pieces of quilted binary code, laser engraving, digital weaving, digital machine embroidery, digital jacquard weaving, digital printing, and 3-D rendering. 520 S. First St., San Jose, CA 95113; 408.971.0323; www.sjquiltmuseum.org. COLORADO THE DURANGO ARTS CENTER presents TOP, a juried fashion design exhibition, show and auction exhibiting from September 18 – 21. The fashion show and auction takes place on the 21st. New Face Productions, the fund- and awareness-raising group hosting the show, invited artists to submit original fashion designs using the T-shirt style garments or fabric provided by NFP. Artists will be receiving fifty percent commission on successfully auctioned designs. 802 East 2nd Ave., Durango, CO 81301; 970.259.2606; www.durangoarts.org. THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION'S RENWICK GALLERY hosts 40 under 40: Craft Futures, through February 3, 2013. The exhibit features forty artists born since 1972, the year the Smithsonian American Art Museum's contemporary craft and decorative arts program was established at its branch museum, the Renwick Gallery. The exhibition investigates evolving notions of craft within traditional media such as ceramics and metalwork, as well as in fields as varied as sculpture, industrial design, installation art, fashion design, sustainable manufacturing, and mathematics. The range of disciplines represented illustrates new avenues for the handmade in contemporary culture. Shown are Ornamental Hands: Figure One cuff by Jennifer Crupi and men's quilted coat by Jeff Garner. 1661 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. at 17th Street, Washington, D.C. 20006; 202.633.7970; americanart.si.edu/renwick.