The threads weaving their way between the work of great fashion figures and the world of art are almost endless, and the history of art as expressed by the Musée du Louvre, in the depth of its collections and in the ways it reflects the tastes of days gone by, is an equally vast terrain of influences and sources.

Sur près de 9 000 mètres carré, c'est ainsi 65 silhouettes contemporaines, accompagnées d'une trentaine d'accessoires, qui sont déployées en un dialogue étroit, inédit, historique et poétique avec les chefs-d'oeuvre du département, de Byzance au second empire.

3 days ago · The Louvre is haute couture—it has to be perfect.” Indeed, in Louvre Couture, there are almost no screens, technological interventions, or gravity-defying display cases. The Louvre’s ...

Jan 24, 2025 · The Azzedine Alaïa Foundation is exhibiting a dress from the Autumn/Winter 2017-2018 Haute Couture collection, on display in the museum's Richelieu wing. ... skin and sensuality. He was a regular visitor to the Louvre, and the Egyptian influence on this dress is apparent - less that of the pyramids and pharaohs than the vision of Egypt ...

Jan 24, 2025 · His fall/winter 2023–24 haute couture armor-style gown is strikingly installed at the Louvre catty-corner to a suit of armor once belonging to King Henry II. But perhaps the best example is the late Karl Lagerfeld of Chanel, Chloé, and Fendi, whose obsession with 18th-century French design reached another level.

3 days ago · Coinciding with the kickoff of Paris Haute Couture Week, the Louvre opened its doors to “Louvre Couture: Art Objects, Fashion Objects ” on January 24th—marking the first major fashion ...

4 days ago · “Louvre Couture, Art and Fashion: Statement Pieces” marks the prestigious museum’s first foray into fashion, with a sprawling exhibition dedicated to the relationship between designers and art.

6 days ago · Louvre Couture: Art and Fashion: Statement Pieces, which opens January 24, brings together more than 100 different looks and accessories from 45 maisons and designers, ranging from Cristóbal ...

Jan 23, 2025 · “Louvre Couture” will showcase about 100 pieces of couture, ready-to-wear, and accessories from 1949 to the present day. ... From the 52 nd haute couture collection by Balenciaga, an armor ...

Jan 23, 2025 · A silk haute couture dress by Christian Dior from his spring 1949 collection, on view at the exhibition’s principle entrance, is one of the only designs Gabet could find named directly after the ...