April 7, 2005 Beyond Desire: until the 14.08.2005 by Kenny Campbell Mode Museum Nationalestraat 28 B-2000 Antwerp Tel + 32(0)3 470 27 70 Beyond Desire, which is MoMu’s sixth important thematic exhibition, takes desire as its point of departure and examines the way in which two cultures, the African and the Western, influence one another and adopt each other’s visual idiom. European fashion designers have adopted the embellishments, scarifications, colours and textiles of the Masai, and combined them with elements of Western haute couture. On display are several Rasta-wigs from Christian Dior’s 2002 summer collection; Yves Saint Laurent’s 1967 summer collection included several ‘Africa’ dresses, and the 1997 summer collection by Christian Dior. Christian Dior Couture by John Galliano Photo: © Peter Lindbergh / 2002 Mode Museum