Isaac Mizrahi Says New Show a Survey, Not a ‘Retrospective’

Isaac Mizrahi Says New Show a Survey, Not a ‘Retrospective’
Fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi backs prepares for a press preview tour of his solo exhibition at the Jewish Museum on Monday, March 14, 2016, in New York. AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews
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NEW YORK—Don’t call the Jewish Museum exhibition on Isaac Mizrahi’s work a retrospective. Those, the 54-year-old designer said, are for dead people.

This journey through several elegant rooms on Fifth Avenue is more like a mid-career survey.

Fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi discusses his creations during a press preview tour of his exhibition at the Jewish Museum on Monday, March 14, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi discusses his creations during a press preview tour of his exhibition at the Jewish Museum on Monday, March 14, 2016, in New York. AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews