Undeniably, vogue can draw crowds to museums: 708,000 guests flocked to the Dior exhibition on the Musée des Arts Décoratifs (MAD) in Paris in 2017. Extra lately, the retrospective that Dolce & Gabbana staged on the Grand Palais to showcase its aesthetic attracted greater than 410,000 folks in three months, regardless of the €22 entrance price.
The phenomenon reveals no indicators of stopping, judging by the programming beginning in June in ornamental arts museums (Paul Poiret at MAD, Rick Owens at Palais Galliera, Yiqing Yin on the Cité de la Dentelle in Calais) and model initiatives in their very own exhibition areas (Peter Lindbergh at Galerie Dior, flowers on the Musée Yves Saint Laurent). Moreover, vogue is stepping out of its standard framework by coming into fantastic arts museums.
On January 24, the Louvre – regardless of having no clothes in its collections apart from 13 coats of the Order of the Holy Spirit – initiated this pattern with “Louvre Couture”, an exhibition that pairs artwork objects with designer outfits. Since March 26, its counterpart the Louvre-Lens has additionally staged clothes for the primary time, specializing in the hyperlink between the artist and their apparel. Beginning Might 7 on the Petit Palais, the fantastic arts museum of the Metropolis of Paris, an exhibition on Charles Frederick Price (1825-1895), introduced as “the inventor of high fashion,” will open.
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