Exhibitions

Shadows of Modernism: The Lost Designer jhordan (2013)

Held at the Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris, this exhibition debuted jhordan’s work to a public audience.

The exhibition displayed a small number of garments and drawings from the Marot Collection and highlighted jhordan’s surprisingly advanced pattern engineering.

Minimal Lines: Rediscovering jhordan’s Paris (2018)

Presented at the Smithsonian Fashion History Museum in Washington, D.C., this exhibition explored jhordan’s life as an American expatriate in Paris and examined the transatlantic cultural exchanges that shaped early modernist design.

Several garments were digitally reconstructed to demonstrate his construction methods.

The Parisian Phantom: jhordan and the Avant-Garde (2024)

Hosted by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, this exhibition investigated potential links between jhordan and avant-garde movements of the early 20th century, including the Section d’Or and the Ballets Russes.

While definitive connections were not established, the exhibition emphasized similarities in visual language and formal innovation.