A night at the museum: The Louvre’s first fashion exhibition, which opens to the public on January 24th, will be held in full swing on March 4th during Paris Fashion Week, which runs from March 3rd to 11th in the French capital. It will be held.
The event, called “Le Grand Dinner du Louvre,” traces how precious objects from Byzantine times to France’s Second Empire have inspired designers’ imaginations to the present day. :Art and Fashion – Celebrating Statement Pieces.
The new event is a fundraiser, with all proceeds going to the museum’s efforts.
More than 30 tables were put up for auction, and the Louvre announced that it had “reached its fundraising goal of 1 million euros for the opening event.” The newspaper said “the biggest houses and leading designers who fund exhibitions” had responded to the call.
Visa Infinite is named as a founding partner of the event and patron of the exhibition.
The evening begins with a reception and tour of the extensive exhibition, followed by dinner at Cours Marly and finally an after-party under the pyramid of IM Pei.
As reported, the exhibition will feature around 66 costumes and 30 accessories, along with items from the Louvre’s permanent collection of decorative arts.
Balenciaga dress on display at the Louvre.
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“This is really the first time that the Louvre has decided to hold an exhibition about the relationship between fashion and its own collection,” Olivier Gabet, director of the Louvre’s decorative arts department, said last August. He told WWD at the event. It became clear.
According to Gabet, the aim is to “explain why museums are interesting and important to fashion designers, and in particular how the Louvre’s collections can nurture and inspire fashion designers’ collections.” It is said that it is to explain.
Fashion from Chanel, Dries Van Noten, Dior, Balenciaga, Yohji Yamamoto and more set in the 9,700 square foot grounds of the Louvre’s vast collection of decorative art, from armor and ceramics to ivory, tapestries and scientific instruments. will be done. , jewelry, bronzeware, stained glass, and silverware were sent to Napoleon III’s luxurious apartments.
The showcase will be held until July 21st.
IM Pei’s pyramid in the Louvre Museum in Paris.
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