Koda, former curator-in-chief at The Costume Institute, James "transformed fashion design". James inspired many designers, including Christian Dior, who said he was "the greatest talent of my generation". Dior credited James with inspiring The New Look. Museum exhibitions The Brooklyn Museum presented "The Genius of Charles James" from October 1982 to January 1983. The Chicago History Museum exhibited "Charles James: Genius Deconstructed" between October 2011 and April 2012. In 2014, James's work was the subject of the opening exhibition of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Anna Wintour Costume Center entitled "Charles James: Beyond Fashion". At a preview of the exhibit, Elettra Wiedemann modeled a replica of the "Four-Leaf Clover" ballgown. In July 2014, longtime friend R. Couri Hay shared sketches by James, along with stories and anecdotes about the late designer with New York Magazine. James without Charles James In May 2014, concomitantly to the James retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum, The Weinstein Company (TWC) announced it had signed a license agreement with James's heirs, Charles Jr. and Louise James, to produce new collections, and thus contribute to the brand revival. Two years of legal battle followed between the heirs and the Luvanis company, which had already registered the brand in an array of jurisdictions worldwide. At the time, Zac Posen was rumored to be the next artistic designer of the brand. In June 2016, TWC withdrew, and Luvanis thereafter partnered with James' heirs to revive the Charles James brand. In September 2018, they revealed a new visual identity for Charles James, and put up for sale all the brand's rights, which had been consolidated in the previous years. Further reading Coleman, Elizabeth Ann. "Abstracting the 'Abstract' Gown." Dress: The Journal of the Costume Society of America 8, no.1 (January 1982), pp. 27–31. Gerber Klein, Michele, Charles James: Portrait of an Unreasonable Man: Fame, Fashion, Art, New York, Rizzoli, 2018, 256 p. (). Koda, Harold et al. (préf. Ralph Rucci), Charles James : Beyond Fashion, New Haven, Yale University Press, coll. « Metropolitan Museum of Art », 2014, 300 p. () Long, Timothy, Charles James: Designer in Detail, Londres, V&A Publishing, 2015, 160 p. () Martin, Richard, Charles James, London, Assouline, 2006, 79 p. () References External links Reeder, Jan Glier. "Charles James (1906–1978)." In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. (March 2012) Charles James in the Chicago History Museum Costume Collection Charles