The Pittsburgh-inspired dress is on display at the entrance to “Flowers Meet Fashion: Inspired by Billy Porter” at Phipps Conservatory. “Flowers Meet Fashion: Inspired by Billy Porter” exhibit at Phipps Conservatory. A Billy Porter quote is on display in the “Flowers Meet Fashion: Inspired by Billy Porter” exhibit at Phipps Conservatory. A gold dress hovers over a pool of blue water in the Victoria Room of Phipps Conservatory. Fashion designs constructed from dried plant material in South Conservatory for “Flowers Meet Fashion: Inspired by Billy Porter” by Phipps Conservatory. (Left) Cameras are placed among plants to replicate a red carpet event. (Right) A red and pink gown made from dried plant material at the “Flowers Meet Fashion: Inspired by Billy Porter” event at Phipps Conservatory.MoreA costume and plant display inspired by Billy Porter’s “Unexpected: A Memoir” in the garden at Phipps Conservatory. In the Phipps Conservatory, visitors watch a fashion show. A dress inspired by Billy Porter’s “Unexpected: A Memoir” in the sunken garden at Phipps Conservatory. In the year Inspired by the 2013 Broadway musical “Kinky Boots” in the Broadway Room of Phipps Conservatory, “Flowers Meet Fashion: Inspired by Billy Porter” show.
Phipps Conservatory’s latest exhibit brings runways and nature together with a colorful display of dresses made from natural materials. The exhibition titled “Flowers Meet Fashion: Inspired by Billy Porter” opened on May 6 and will continue until June 25.
The exhibition will feature several displays of gowns created by six professional fashion designers and costumers with the help of students from Carnegie Mellon University and Pittsburgh School of Design and Arts 6-12.
The fashion designs, which appear amid flowers and horticulture, are inspired by Porter’s “local roots and work as an award-winning actor, singer, director, composer and playwright.” Phipps website. Porter is originally from Pittsburgh and attended Carnegie Mellon School of Drama.
