Balenciaga, John Galliano, Alexander McQueen, Chanel, Dior, Yves St Laurent and more on show at Paris museum
A 2008 Jean Paul Gaultier couture gown on display in the apartments of Emperor Napoleon III at the Louvre. Photograph: Dmitry Kostyukov/New York Timesis the most visited museum in the world, attracting around nine million visitors every year. Its current exhibition, Louvre Couture, is its first onin 231 years and a must for anyone interested in seeing at close quarters some extraordinary looks by designers from Cristobal Balenciaga to Iris Van Herpen.
Among the designers included are Schiaparelli, John Galliano, Alexander McQueen, Chanel, Dior, Yves St Laurent, Charles de Vilmorin, Dries Van Noten, Dolce & Gabbana, Thom Browne and JC de Castelbajac , just to mention a few. They are displayed in different locations, in front of tapestries, armour, porcelain, jewellery, furniture and other art objects that celebrate the diversity and magnificence of French craftsmanship.
Opening the recent Paris Fashion Week, the Louvre also stole a march on the Met in New York, hosting a glamorous gala dinner at the museum, a glossy red-carpet European alternative to what is the most lucrative and most watched philanthropic event of the year. It marked the beginning of a major fundraising effort for the Louvre’s large renovation project, estimated to cost more than €1 billion.
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