Isabel Toledo: A Love Letter
SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah
August 14 – December 16, 2024
Honoring beloved Cuban-born, American fashion designer ISABEL TOLEDO, A Love Letter is a posthumous homage to the enduring resonance of her work, curated in close collaboration with her husband, artist and fashion illustrator Ruben Toledo. An innovative spirit, Isabel Toledo engineered shapes and patterns to cocoon the body, providing comfort, structure, and ease of movement. Her designs were guided by emotions, rather than concepts, which she translated into elegant, impeccably crafted garments — radical in their construction yet supremely wearable. For more than three decades, the Toledos intertwined their creative processes, acting as each other’s muse, advocate, confidant, and collaborator. The friction between Isabel Toledo’s impassioned functionalism and Ruben Toledo’s fantasy-prone humor was inspirational, pushing both to greater heights. A Love Letter features a selection of Isabel Toledo’s designs displaying her mastery of technique, fabric, shape, and color, complemented by new works by Ruben Toledo created exclusively for the exhibition and a short film highlighting Isabel Toledo’s practice and memorializing their unique relationship.
SCAD MUSEUM OF ART - SCAD MOA
Savannah College of Art and Design
601 Turner Blvd., Savannah, Georgia
