Kaleidoscopic Animalia at Glenbow Museum: An exhibition designed and curated by Paul Hardy

On Thursday October 15, 2015 Paul Hardy unveiled his new exhibition Kaleidoscope Animalia at the Glenbow Museum in Calgary. The fabulously dressed crowd was adorned in one-of-a-kind paper mache and fur animal masks. It was an exquisite masquerade cocktail reception followed by a highly dramatic runway show that started on the third floor of the museum down the spiral staircase, around the aurora borealis sculpture to the second floor where a live 6 piece orchestra played. The models, clad in Paul’s latest collection stopped at one scene then walked down a white runway to another scene where they would stop and pose like a damsel in distress. The makeup was whimsical and hair like that of a doll that had been teased. Paul’s designs are beyond elegant. The silhouette is always striking and transports me back to the time ofKing Louis XVwhere women wore corsets and their hair in a pompidou style.
The exhibition officially opens to the public Saturday October 24 , 2015 and runs until May 22, 2016 and is rich in fashion and creative innovation that Paul is notorious for. The Glenbow has come leaps and bounds with this exhibition, propelling itself into Calgary’s ever growing local fashion scene. Paul has been actively working as a pioneer designer in Calgary for well over a decade.He has collaborated on prominent projects with Chocolaterie Bernard Callebaut, Alberta Ballet, Travel Alberta and the Calgary Stampede. The exhibitionKaleidoscope AnimaliaPaul curated for The Glenbow is a must see in the city.

Designer Paul Hardy