NEW FASHION: EXPERIMENTAL FASHION AND PERFORMANCE ART. Fashion Course

Scenography has become one of the key elements in fashion shows, where major brands present their collections. These brands aim not only to attract the audience with their clothing but also with the spectacular shows that accompany runway presentations.

The nineteen-nineties marked a clear turning point in the concept of fashion shows. It was then that designers such as Alexander McQueen, John Galliano, and later Hussein Chalayan, Raf Simons, and Viktor & Rolf emerged, bringing a distinctive auteur style and opening the doors to creating presentations centred around the concepts inspiring their collections.

Furthermore, canonical body models are transcended by a new generation of creators who aim for fashion to appeal to the public through a performative, conceptual, and ultimately artistic approach.

PROGRAMME

18 FEBRUARY. The Precursors I

25 FEBRUARY. The Precursors II

4 MARCH. Dior and His Craftsmen

18 MARCH. Alexander Dreams

25 MARCH. Viktor & Rolf and…

BLANCA PAULA RODRÍGUEZ GARABATOS (Santiago de Compostela, 1973) is a professor of Geography and History, a researcher and a teacher. She graduated from Santiago de Compostela University with degrees in Law and History, specialising in Contemporary History and American Studies. She has a PhD from A Coruña University in Literary Studies, and her thesis was titled Moda de la belle époque e indumentaria en la obra de Emilia Pardo Bazán. She has given conferences on fashion in different seminars organised by the UCD and taken part in the Fashion and Design Conference, organised in 2020 by Galicia’s School of Textile Design and Fashion (ESDEMGA) in Pontevedra. She has directed the courses Dressing the Era: Fashion, the Eight Art (2021), Feminine Plural: Four Fashion Evangelists in Contemporary Art (2022) and Avant Garde Dialogues (2024), organised by the CGAC. She has also authored the books Emilia Pardo Bazán y la moda and Emilia Pardo Bazán: visiones del dandismo, both published by Hércules Ediciones. In 2023, she received the XIV Manuel Murguía essay award for a text titled Catro exemplos da arte dexenerada galega fóra da España saudable. She collaborates regularly with the film magazines Versión original and Icónica and has written a series of articles on the relationships between fashion, literature and art in publications such as Tropelías, Boletín galego de literatura, DeSignis, Cuadernos hispanoamericanos or La tribuna.

TARGET GROUP

People interested in the history of fashion and the history of cinema.

REGISTRATION

The registration period is open from 9 January to 16 February 2026. To sign up, please email cgac.educacion@xunta.gal with your full name, ID number, education, area of work or interest, email address, and a contact phone number.
Once your application is accepted, you will receive details on how to complete the payment.

CERTIFICATION

The CGAC will issue a course completion certificate to those who attend at least 60% of the sessions.