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The National Ballet of Canada Celebrates 60th Anniversary with Tutu Exhibition

by The Backseat Stylers | July 12th, 2012

On July 11, Toronto’s social set descended on the Design Exchange to fete its joint exhibition with The National Ballet of Canada, 60 Years of Designing The Ballet. Canadian fashion icon Jeanne Beker, FASHION Magazine Editor-in-Chief Bernadette Morra (in Marni for H&M!) and Katrantzou-clad socialite Kara Alloway were among the gala attendees who spent the evening toasting the National Ballet’s 60th anniversary and admiring costumes and set pieces from its archives.

Curated by costume designer Caroline O’Brien, the exhibit features special items from past productions of Romeo and Juliet, The Nutcracker, Emergence and more, going as far back as the 1950s. Also on display is The Tutu Project, 60 stunning, one-of-a-kind tutus created by Canadian fashion designers, artists and children alike in honour of the National Ballet’s big 6-0.

The exhibition runs from July 11 to September 2, 2012. For more information, visit www.dx.org.

Glen Baxter, Shauna Levy, Jeanne Beker, Christine Faulhaber

FASHION Magazine Editor-in-Chief Bernadette Morra

Chanelle Ramsubick

Jewellery Designer Shay Lowe

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