Exhibition | Willi Smith: Street Couture

Willi Smith: Street Couture was on view at Cooper Hewitt through October 24, 2021. The exhibition dedicated to the co-founder of the iconic brand WilliWear illuminates how the streetwear pioneer broke down social, cultural, and economic boundaries.

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Rectangular book cover featuring a photograph of three fashion models. The two on the right wear oversized garments and headpieces with dramatic makeup while the model on the left wears graphic black-and-white fabric and sunglasses. Overlaid in white is the text "Willi Smith: Street Couture."

Willi Smith: Street Couture

Willi Smith: Street Couture Tote

Rectangular poster with a line white border featuring a joyful caricature of a bald man wearing round glasses who has an elongated neck and is wearing a white collar-less shirt and round glasses against a yellow background. Squiggle lines encircle his head like sun-rays.

Willi Smith Print by Robert Risko

Book cover featuring a collage of grainy black and white photos, including one of a rollerblading man wearing a kind of parachute, with faint cartography symbols overlaid. Black text on a white background flush to the left of the cover reads "Rauschenberg"

Robert Rauschenberg

A cloth face masks featuring a black and beige geometric design across its face.

Cooper Hewitt Face Mask, Bògòlanfini Textile