THE HYPE A CENTURY OF FASHION, PART II.

Fashion is constantly changing, and so is the ``Century of Fashion, 1900-2000'' exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

The second of four installments in the ongoing exhibit is now on display and, like Part I, covers the entire century. It begins with examples of the rigid corsetry, opulent textiles and lavish decoration that reflected the social status of a woman's father or husband, and then moves ahead to the flapper skirts of the '20s, military-inspired suits of the war years, circle skirts of the '50s and contemporary ``power'' suits.

This second collection includes the work of 130 designers, including Paul Poiret, Mariano Fortuny, Christian Dior, Norman Norell and Patrick Kelly, selected by Sharon Takeda, Dale Gluckman, Sandy Rosenbaum and Kaye Spilker of LACMA'S Costume and Textiles Department.

The museum is located at 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. Admission is $7, $1 for students under 18, and free to children under 5. The second Tuesday of every month is free to all. For more information, call [phone] or visit the Web site at www.lacma.org.

- Barbara De Witt

QUOTABLE 

``I don't think about Lara having sex with anybody. She's so kind of bored easily.''

- Angelina Jolie

on her ``Tomb Raider'' alter ego's sex life

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2 photos

Photo:

(1) Evening gown by Mariano Fortuny, circa 1919.

(2) Norman Norell's 1958 cocktail dress.