New York Fashion Rediscovered 1982-1997

The exhibition 10 Times Square: New York Fashion Rediscovered 1982-1997 featured an extraordinary collection of fashion slides from the 1980s-1990s found on a New York City sidewalk. It was presented in the lobby gallery at 10 Times Square, also known as 1441 Broadway, the former home to some of the most prominent designers in New York. The slides featured captivating runway images of top fashion designers and supermodels from the 1980s and 1990s -- a true treasure trove with thousands of 35mm slides. It was shot by Japanese photographer Kishimitsu Hada and meticulously compiled by his mother, the late fashion journalist Yuriko Tomita. After a fire in Tomita's apartment in 2008, dozens of boxes housing her professional archives ended up on the sidewalk. In a stroke of good luck, set designer Gaetane Bertol passed by and recognized the value of the contents of the boxes, rescued them, and guarded them until she could locate the owner. A decade later, curator and fashion historian Ya'ara Keydar created this exhibit of photographs at ZAZ10TS. Through these fortuitous connections, this exhibition reunited the designers featured in the pictures with their one-time workplace.

The exhibition displayed captivating runway images of the fashion stars and supermodels of the era, including Anna Sui, Donna Karan, Liz Claiborne, Ralph Lauren, Marc Jacobs, Perry Ellis, Isaac Mizrahi, Alber Elbaz, Anne Klein, Geoffrey Beene, Rebecca Moses, BCBG Max Azria, Linda Allard for Ellen Tracy, Adrienne Vittadini, and Gemma Kahng, and models Kate Moss, Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Helena Christensen, and Kristen McMenamy. In addition to the photographs on display, the exhibition presented artwork by Gaetane Bertol and an installation by Tony Award-winning architect David Rockwell.