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To dress a poem, a character, the magic of the imprecise moment that only literature allows; this is 20 dresses for Europe”, says Concha Hernández, the curator, in the exhibition catalogue. “The history of Europe in novels …/… And above all, or at the same level, the gown conceived from the direct inspiration of that literary fragment. They are all here to be enjoyed, for taking pleasure from an exhibition that is a model for intercultural dialogue, a tower of Babel for the senses”.
20 suits for Europe: a dialogue between fashion and literature
The project is part of the special cultural programme organised by the Spanish Presidency in coordination with Belgium and Hungary, the other two countries in the “EU trio”. This multidisciplinary and transnational context gives the exhibition an additional artistic element, as well as a marked European flavour, providing a metaphor for the constant exchange experienced by Europe’s citizens and its cultural diversity.