For this MODEM Europe June 2016 edition, we gave “carte blanche” to The Musée des Arts Décoratifs’ in order to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the opening.
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The Arts Décoratifs fashion collection now comprises more than 150,000 works, ranging from ancient textiles to haute couture creations and emblematic silhouettes of ready-to-wear fashion, but also including accessories, major collections of drawings and photographs, and the archives of iconic creators.
“The Fashion Forward, Three Centuries of Fashion” exhibition, casts a new spotlight on one of the richest collections in the world. Pieces selected from a collection constantly enriched by donations and acquisitions, take us on a journey through time, highlighting the key moments in fashion history from the very late 17th century to the most contemporary creation. The exhibition did great figures of Couture such as Paul Poiret, Charles-Frederick Worth, Jacques Doucet, Jeanne Lanvin, Gabrielle Chanel, Christian Dior and Yves Saint Laurent, Elsa Schiaparelli and Cristobal Balenciaga…

Because the entire history of fashion is also a history of the body and style, the exhibition’s artistic direction was entrusted to the British dancer and choreographer Christopher Wheeldon. In collaboration with the scenographer Jérôme Kaplan assisted by Isabelle Vartan, Christopher Wheeldonhas succeeded in giving the collection a sensual, poetic dimension


Musée des Arts décoratifs
107, rue de Rivoli 75001 Paris - France
7 April to 14 August 2016
More info : www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr