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Chic
Mystique

Left: This 1942
Horst photograph
is the exhibition
poster of the
`Chic to Chic'
exhibit.

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Below: Coco
Chanel's first
known necklace.

The new DIA exhibit
chronicles 100 years of fashion accessories
from the collection of Sandy Schreier.

CARLA JEAN SCHWARTZ

Local Columnist

n Monday, the
textile galleries
of the Detroit In-
stitute of Arts
will be trans-
formed into a fantasy land of
fashion accessories with the
opening of Chic to Chic: 100

Years of Fashion Accessories
from the Collection of Sandy
Schreier.
Mrs. Schreier is a
Metropolitan Detroit resi-
dent and well-known au-
thority on couture clothing,
with a personal collection of
more than 10,000 fashion
items. She was profiled as
one of America's top collec-
tors in Art and Antiques

magazine in 1991. Items
from her collection have
been exhibited at the Louvre
in Paris, the Hermitage in
Leningrad and other muse-
ums around the world.
Mrs. Schreier is a long-
time proponent of fashion as
an art form. "I feel these
items should be arranged in
juxtaposition with other ob-
jects that look beautiful
together," she said.
As curator of the DIA ex-
hibit, Mrs. Schreier chose to
highlight fashion accessories
— shoes, scarves, hats, jew-
elry, perfume bottles, sket-
ches and photographs.
"Accessories tell who you
are immediately. They tell
the wearer's status but, most
of all, they tell your per-
sonality and amount of

creativity," said Mrs.
Schreier.
Chic to Chic includes more
than 250 fashion accessories
from the fashion elite. Some
of the world famous
designers include Coco
Chanel, Balenciaga,
Schiaparelli, Yves Saint
Laurent and Christian Dior.
Two hometown costume jew-
elry designers, Kenneth Jay
Lane and Eric Beamon, are
also included.
Some of the highlighted
accessories are Chanel's first
known necklace; a
Schiaparelli muff once own-
ed by Cecil Beaton's sister,
Mrs. Arthur Conan Doyle;
actress Ruth Gordon's
Balenciaga purse; and fash-
ion photographs by Horst
and Sheila Metzner. The

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