Fashion Forward, three centuries of fashion at Paris' Decorative Arts Museum

By

Lucile Deprez

Published
Mar 14, 2016

On the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of Paris' Decorative Arts Museum's fashion collection, the 'Fashion Forward' exhibition will be looking back at the history of fashion from the XVIIIth century to the present, from 7th April to 14th August in the museum's Nave.

The Arts and Fashion Museum was founded in 1986 on the initiative of Pierre Bergé and the French textile industry. It will exhibit three hundred items of women's, men's and children's fashion under the creative direction of British dancer and choreographer Christopher Wheeldon. The exhibition is produced by Jérôme Kaplan with the assistance of Isabelle Vartan.

From Charles-Frederick Worth to John Galliano, to the Maison Margiela, Madeleine Vionnet and Gabrielle Chanel, the exhibition, sponsored by H&M, is designed to let the visitors travel through several eras, marking the evolution and the key moments in the history of fashion.