Runway of Love retrospective in San Francisco will explore career of designer who confronted racist stereotypes
A new retrospective of the work of Patrick Kelly, the black fashion designer whose work confronted racist stereotypes, will be staged in the autumn.
Patrick Kelly: Runway of Love will open at San Francisco’s de Young Museum on 23 October, celebrating his short but hugely influential career. The exhibition originally ran at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 2014, but will now be expanded for the West Coast. Born in 1954 in Vickburg, Mississippi, Kelly began selling his designs from a shop inside an Atlanta beauty salon. He became friends with the black model Pat Cleveland, who suggested he move to Paris where he established his own fashion house, Patrick Kelly Paris, in 1988. His designs were worn by stars including Madonna, Princess Diana, Grace Jones, Cicely Tyson and Bette Davis.
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