FROM THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF 1997 AT THE PALAIS GALLIERA IN PARIS TO THE TRIBUTE TO KARL LAGERFELD AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART IN NEW YORK: HERE ARE THE FIVE MUST-SEE FASHION EXHIBITIONS FOR 2023.
CHRISTIAN DIOR: DESIGNER OF DREAMS AT THE TOKYO MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
After Paris, London, and New York, this retrospective devoted to Christian Dior has just arrived in Tokyo, focusing exceptionally on the close ties between Dior and Japan. The influences of the great couturier, as well as his passion for gardens, and his most emblematic creations, such as the Bar suit, emblematic of the New Look, are at the center of this exhibition, whose scenography has been specifically designed to pay tribute to Japanese culture.
But that’s not all, as the visitors can also appreciate haute couture creations and accessories imagined by the directors who succeeded Christian Dior, including Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, John Galliano, and Maria Grazia Chiuri.
Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams – until May 28, 2023 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo.
1997, FASHION BIG BANG AT THE PALAIS GALLIERA IN PARIS
The famous Y2K (understand “years 2000”) are an inexhaustible source of inspiration since the beginning of the year 2022, but it is nevertheless 1997 which is considered a pivotal year in fashion. A “Big Bang“, as Vogue Paris magazine called the spring-summer 1997 haute couture season, which the Palais Galliera will retrace in an exhibition to be discovered from March 7.
Visitors will appreciate collections that have become cult, such as ‘Body Meets Dress, Dress Meets Body‘ by Comme des Garçons, and will remember the emergence of new artistic directors who have become indispensable today, such as Hedi Slimane, Stella McCartney, and Nicolas Ghesquière, as well as a host of significant events such as the opening of the Colette concept store. The whole show is punctuated by no less than 50 silhouettes, videos and archive documents.
1997, Fashion Big Bang – from March 7 to July 16, 2023 at the Palais Galliera in Paris.
KARL LAGERFELD: A LINE OF BEAUTY AT THE MET IN NEW YORK
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has chosen to dedicate its major spring exhibition to a single fashion designer, Karl Lagerfeld. An exceptional retrospective that will take the form of a tribute to his creative genius, as well as to his personality, through no less than 150 creations, obviously accompanied by sketches signed by the great German couturier. Work methodology, creative process, design, and relationship with his closest collaborators …
The visitors will also appreciate the designer’s work for Balmain, Patou, Chloe, Fendi, Chanel, and his own label. Every year, the Costume Institute exhibition is inaugurated by the most coveted red carpet event, the Met Gala, for which the guests will all wear creations imagined by Karl Lagerfeld.
Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty – May 5 to July 16, 2023 at the Met, New York.
GABRIELLE CHANEL. FASHION MANIFESTO AT THE V&A IN LONDON
After the Palais Galliera in Paris, it is the turn of the Victoria & Albert Museum to host this retrospective dedicated to Gabrielle Chanel. This is the first British exhibition entirely dedicated to the work of the French couturier, and for the occasion, the V&A will present rare creations from its own collection.
In total, more than 180 looks will be gathered in the museum, accompanied by jewelry, accessories, cosmetics and perfumes. All of this is intended to highlight the evolution of Gabrielle Chanel’s emblematic style, as well as her journey up to her last collection in 1971.
Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto – from September 16, 2023 to February 25, 2024 at the V&A in London.
FASHION AND SPORT AT THE MUSÉE DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS IN PARIS
With the 2024 Olympic Games approaching in Paris, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs has chosen to explore the close, and ever more frequent, links between the worlds of fashion and sport. Clothes, accessories, photographs, paintings, posters, and videos will be installed in the nave of the museum to demonstrate the connection between these two worlds, which are at first glance distant, and from antiquity to the present.
Sportswear, whether designed and/or used for practice or in the city, will be at the heart of this exhibition which will highlight tennis dresses dating from the 19th century, the emblematic yellow jersey of the Tour de France, and Lacoste polo shirts, more recent collections including sneakers and clothing with logos, as well as the collaborations between sport and couture which now punctuate our daily lives.
Fashion and Sport – from September 20, 2023 to April 7, 2024 at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.
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