Exhibition "Children's World. 18th - 20th Century". From the collection of Alexandre Vassiliev

8 November 2017 - 26 August 2018

In co-operation with Alexandre Vassiliev Foundation the Lithuanian Art Museum is hosting already the tenth exhibition from the collection of the celebrated fashion historian Alexandre Vassiliev. This time the display showcases a wide range of kids’ clothing and accessories. 

Kids’ fashion, as we perceive it today, did not exist before the late 18th century. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778), a French philosopher and writer of the Age of Enlightenment was the first one to point out the fact that a child is not a “reduced” or “miniature“ copy of an adult, but an independent developing personality. This opinion influenced and formed a more comprehensive public understanding of the child’s special clothing needs well into the next century. 

First of all, the exhibition provides its viewers with a possibility to trace changes – all the trendy twists and turns in children’s fashion dresses beginning from the end of the 18th century to the mid-20th century. Apart from that, the title of the exhibition shows that kids’ clothing in the course of the time, as a matter of fact, has demonstrated different attitudes towards children and childhood adopted by community. The display is based on a chronological principle, and it is aimed to show children in different life situations: at home, walking outdoors, at school, during family holidays and recreation, and other activities. Toys, household items will supplement the unique Alexandre Vassiliev’s children’s clothing collection.

Exhibition organizers: Lithuanian Art Museum, Alexandre Vassiliev Foundation
General sponsor: AD REM TRANSPORT MOVERS
Sponsor: Magazine „TOP MOTERYS“

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