Singapore designer Andrew Gn to exhibit in Massachusetts

His retrospective will be shown at Peabody Essex Museum, which is collaborating with Asian Civilisations Museum

- Carmen Sin

Nearly 100 works by Singapore's most renowned fashion designer Andrew Gn will be on show at the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem, Massachusetts, in the US.

The exhibition, a collaboration between PEM and the Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM), runs from Sept 13 to Feb 16.

It is the first retrospective of any Singaporean designer to show overseas and is inspired by ACM's landmark curation of Gn's close to 30-year oeuvre in 2023, titled Andrew Gn: Fashioning Singapore And The World.

Gn, 59, dressed Hollywood actresses such as Emma Stone and Lily Collins, as well as royalty like Britain's Catherine, Princess of Wales, and Jordan's Queen Rania, before he retired his Paris-based label in late 2023 to focus on art.

He was also the first Asian creative director of French luxury brand Balmain.

On its website, PEM said its 10,000 sq ft exhibition, Andrew Gn: Fashioning The World, features clothing, accessories, original illustrations and digital media by Gn. Eleven works are loaned from ACM's National Collection.

Dresses, Gn's speciality, have been plucked from his prodigious archive of some 10,000 pieces. He has produced over 80 collections since founding his Paris atelier in 1995.