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The AP Wire reports there's a new fashion exhibition in Paris based on Snoopy from Peanuts:

A new exhibition in Paris celebrates the history of fashion — as worn by Snoopy and the Peanuts gang.

“Snoopy In Style,” which opens Saturday, pays tribute to Charles M. Schulz and his beloved creations by looking at the evolution of the characters’ outfits and their context in — and influence on — popular culture ahead of the 75th anniversary of the “Peanuts” comic strip on Oct. 2. [...]

Seventy-five outfits created for the soft toy versions of Snoopy and his sister Belle are on display, including those designed by Dolce & Gabbana, Betsey Johnson, Zac Posen and Christian Siriano. [...]

Schulz’s widow Jeannie Schulz, who is the founder of The Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center, said the cartoonist “understood that comic strip characters had to have a style.”

“He realized after a while that you need to know immediately who the character is and what that character represents. So that’s when Charlie Brown got the stripe and Lucy got the painted dress and Sally got a bow,” she said. [...]

Asked why Peanuts continues to appeal 75 years on, Jeannie Schulz said she couldn’t tell “how much is just because that dog is very cute and very lovable and very sweet ... (and) how much also the comic strip represents humanity.”

Yes, and that saying much more than most modern comics do about humanity. Almost 75 years after Peanuts was created, it still holds up very well as cultural iconism, and so too does Snoopy as a mascot.

Labels: comic strips, Europe and Asia, exhibitions, good artists, museums