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2025

Louvre Couture, Art and Fashion: Statement Piece

Start Date
24 January 2025
End Date
21 July 2025
Venue
Musée du Louvre
Location
Paris
Curator
Olivier Gabet
Mannequin wearing back crinoline dress beside long table and chairs in a banquet room

Fashion & Interiors. A Gendered Affair

Start Date
29 March 2025
End Date
03 August 2025
Venue
MoMu
Location
Antwerp, Belgium
Curator
Romy Cockx
Designer
Altu Space
Graphic design
Jelle Jespers
Gallery shot of mannequin in green sculptural ensemble beside a blue armchair

Suit Yourself | 100 years of menswear, 1750-1850 

Start Date
22 March 2025
End Date
15 March 2026
Venue
Rijksmuseum
Location
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Curator
Vanessa Jones
Designer
Wilmotte & Associés

Dress Codes: Decoding the Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection

Start Date
13 March 2025
End Date
30 November 2025
Venue
Kensington Palace
Location
London, UK
Curator
Matthew Storey
A collection of clothing from Lady Diana's collection. In hues of green, red and white outfits made up in dresses, blazers and skirts.

2024

Halcyon Days: Fashion and Culture in Reform-Age Pest

Start Date
13 June 2024
End Date
31 March 2025
Venue
Petőfi Literary Museum
Location
Budapest, Hungary
Curator
Zsolt Mészáros
Designer
Gyula Kemény and Gábor Bogdándy 
A floral historical dress on display complete with white and brown sleeves. Also on display are historical paintings of women.

2011

Handmade, from yesterday’s handcrafted to today’s handcrafted

Start Date
08 April 2011
End Date
27 February 2012
Venue
Musée du Costume et de la dentelle
Location
Brussels, Belgium
Curator
Corinne ter Assatouroff, Caroline Esgain, Martine Vrebos
Exhibition display of 20th century gowns

2023

Colour Revolution

Start Date
21 September 2023
End Date
18 February 2024
Venue
Ashmolean Museum
Location
Oxford, England
Curator
Matthew Winterbottom and Prof Charlotte Ribeyrol
A Decadent Young Woman by Ramon Casas (1899) Photograph: Museu do Montserrat, Barcelona. Women is on a green sofa wearing a dark blue dress.

The Cult of Beauty

Start Date
26 October 2023
End Date
28 April 2024
Venue
The Wellcome Collection
Location
London, UK
Curator
Janice Li
A display with a pink background featuring corsets.

Fashion City: How Jewish Londoners Shaped Global Style

Start Date
13 October 2023
End Date
14 April 2024
Venue
Museum of London Docklands
Location
London, UK
Curator
Dr Lucie Whitmore

2024

Statement Sleeves

Start Date
24 January 2024
End Date
25 August 2024
Venue
The Museum at FIT
Location
New York, USA

2023

Gathering

Start Date
29 March 2023
End Date
31 July 2024
Venue
Textile Museum of Canada
Location
Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Curator
Roxane Shaughnessy
Senior Manager
Leah Sanchez
Curatorial Advisor
Devyani Saltzman
Display of shoes and accessories

Fashioned by Sargent

Start Date
08 October 2023
End Date
15 January 2024
Venue
Museum of Fine Arts,Boston
Location
Boston,USA
Curator
Erica E.Hirshler
“Fashioned by Sargent” installation view. Far left, ‘‘Beetle Wing Dress’’ for Lady Macbeth. Sargent’s painting of the actress Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth, in the shimmering gown (which boasts actual beetle wing cases affixed to its surface), hangs nearby. The dress was created by Alice Laura Comyns-Carr.Credit: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

2015

Paupers, Petticoats and Pinafores

Start Date
14 February 2015
End Date
01 November 2015
Venue
The Workhouse
Location
Southwell, Nottinghamshire, UK

2014

Fashion Victims: The Pleasures & Perils of Dress in the 19th Century

Start Date
18 June 2014
End Date
01 June 2016
Venue
Bata Shoe Museum
Location
Toronto, Canada
Curator
Elizabeth Semmelhack and Dr. Alison Matthews David

2023

Fashion Folklore

Start Date
12 July 2023
End Date
08 January 2024
Venue
Mucem
Location
Marseille, France
Curator
Marie-Charlotte Calafat and Aurélie Samuel
Designer
Agence NC, Nathalie Criniere
Graphics
Tania Haguemeister

Style & Society: Dressing the Georgians

Start Date
21 April 2023
End Date
08 October 2023
Venue
The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
Location
London, U.K.
Curator
Anna Reynolds

2017

Reflections: Images and Objects from African American Women, 1891-1987

Start Date
31 January 2017
End Date
30 April 2017
Venue
The Esse Purse Museum
Location
Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Exhibition glass cabinet with three handbags and historical artefacts.

2023

India in Fashion

Start Date
02 April 2023
End Date
04 June 2023
Venue
Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre
Location
Mumbai, India
Curator
Hamish Bowles
Designer
Patrick Kinmonth and Rooshad Shroff

2007

Hague Court Fashions

Start Date
15 September 2007
End Date
02 December 2007
Venue
Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Location
Netherlands
Designer
Maarten Spruyt

2010

Haute Couture: Voici Paris

Start Date
20 February 2010
End Date
06 June 2010
Venue
Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Location
Netherlands
Designer
Maarten Spruyt

2018

Redressing Pleasure

Start Date
01 March 2018
End Date
01 December 2022
Venue
Museum of London
Location
London, England
Curator
Timothy Long, Danielle Thom

2019

Majesty & Mystery: Saving a Napoleonic Court Gown

Start Date
05 February 2019
End Date
13 April 2019
Venue
FIDM Museum
Location
Los Angeles, USA
Curator
Kevin Jones
A white empress-style dress is worn on a white mannequin. Illustrated pattern cuttings are printed onto the wall behind the dress. The caption 'PIECING HISTORY TOGETHER' is printed near the bottom of the wall in large font.

2021

Head to Toe

Start Date
17 November 2021
End Date
08 May 2008
Venue
The Museum at FIT
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Elizabeth Way and Melissa Marra-Alvarez
Three mannequins displaying two dresses and a skirt and jacket stand alongside three shelves of hats, bags and shoes

2022

150 Years of the Royal School of Needlework: Crown to Catwalk

Start Date
01 April 2022
End Date
04 September 2022
Venue
Fashion and Textile Museum
Location
London, U.K.
Curator
Dennis Nothdruft in collaboration with Dr Susan Kay-Williams

1987

Russian Style 1700-1920: Court and Country Dress from the Heritage

Start Date
29 January 1987
End Date
26 April 1987
Venue
Barbican Art Gallery
Location
London, UK
Exhibition display of hats in a section called 'Exuberance'

2021

City and Fashion Invited by French Literature: From the Late 19th Century to the 20th Century (Phase II)

Start Date
19 November 2021
End Date
29 January 2022
Venue
Kobe Fashion Museum
Location
Kobe, Japan
exhibition display of mannequins in period costume

2017

Printed Fashions: Textiles for Clothing and Home

Start Date
25 March 2017
End Date
28 February 2019
Venue
Colonial Williamsburg
Location
Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
Curator
Linda Baumgarten
Exhibition with papered wall of prints from a swatch book in the museum collection.

2012

Staging Fashion, 1880–1920: Jane Hading, Lily Elsie, Billie Burke

Start Date
18 January 2012
End Date
08 April 2012
Venue
Bard Graduate Center Gallery
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Michele Majer
Exhibition display of photographs and mannequins wearing period dress.

2001

Ready to Tear: A History of Paper Fashion

Start Date
01 January 1970
End Date
01 January 1970
Venue
Musee de Marcil
Location
Montreal, Canada
Paper-like mannequins displays dresses from the 1960s.

2013

Paisley and Plaid: Recurring Patterns in Fashion

Start Date
27 July 2013
End Date
03 December 2013
Venue
Southworks Antiques
Location
Ontario, Canada
Exhibition with four mannequins displaying period dresses with printed, embroidered or woven paisley.

2020

Made It: The Women Who Revolutionized Fashion

Start Date
21 November 2020
End Date
14 March 2021
Venue
Peabody Essex Museum
Location
Salem, Massachusetts, USA
Curator
Petra Slinkard
Exhibition displaying eight mannequins wearing garments from the 19th and 20th centuries.

2019

Made in France

Start Date
16 March 2019
End Date
22 December 2019
Venue
Fashion History Museum
Location
Ontario, Canada
Curator
Jonathan Walford
Exhibition with mannequins displaying late 1960s fashions by Cardin, Ungaro, and Courreges.

2014

Love in Fine Fashion

Start Date
21 November 2014
End Date
12 April 2015
Venue
McCord Museum
Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Exhibition with mannequins displayed in glass cabinets.

2017

Glamour: Fashionable Red Deer

Start Date
02 December 2017
End Date
11 March 2018
Venue
Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery
Location
Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
Curator
Valerie Miller
Exhibition with mannequins displaying garments.

2005

Georg Jensen Jewelry

Start Date
14 July 2005
End Date
16 October 2005
Venue
Bard Graduate Center Gallery
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Dr. David A. Taylor
Exhibition with images hanging in frames on the wall, a vertical glass cabinet hanging on the wall displaying jewellery, and a flat cabinet on the wall displaying jewellery.

2012

Fashioning the New Woman: 1890-1925

Start Date
05 October 2012
End Date
31 August 2013
Venue
DAR Museum
Location
Washington D.C., USA
Curator
Alden O’Brien
Exhibition with exhibition title on the wall and two mannequins displaying garments.

2015

Fashioning the Body at Brad Graduate Centre Gallery

Start Date
03 April 2015
End Date
26 July 2015
Venue
Bard Graduate Center Gallery
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Dr. Denis Bruna
Exhibition with black walls and with glass display cases against the wall with mannequins displaying garments.

2017

Fashioning Canada since 1867

Start Date
15 March 2017
End Date
17 December 2017
Venue
Fashion History Museum
Location
Ontario, Canada
Curator
Jonathan Walford
Exhibition with a cream colour wall and a white plinth covered in red rose petal leaves holding mannequins displaying garments.

2009

Fashionably Wrapped: The Influence of Kashmir Shawls

Start Date
18 November 2009
End Date
04 July 2010
Venue
Textile Museum of Canada
Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Curator
Natalia Nekrassova
Exhibition with blue wall with textiles hanging from the wall, a red plinths holding two mannequins displaying garments and a wooden display cabinet.

2011

Fashion Accessories from Head to Toe

Start Date
29 January 2011
End Date
01 January 2013
Venue
Colonial Williamsburg
Location
Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
Curator
Linda Baumgarten

2012

A Shoe Story

Start Date
23 May 2012
End Date
16 June 2012
Venue
Manama Mall
Location
Bahrain
Curator
Fashion History Museum

2015

Sporting Canadians

Start Date
27 June 2015
End Date
20 December 2015
Venue
Black Creek Pioneer Village
Location
Ontario, Canada

2017

Jane Austen’s World: 1792 – 1817

Start Date
19 July 2017
End Date
17 December 2017
Venue
Fashion History Museum
Location
Ontario, Canada
Curator
Jonathan Walford

1981

Kostuumshow van 19de eeuwse zomerjurken (Costume show of 19th century summer dresses)

Start Date
23 June 1981
End Date
21 May 2025
Venue
Centraal Museum
Location
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Curator
Marian Conrads

2016

From the Imperial Theater: Chinese Opera Costumes of the 18th and 19th Centuries

Start Date
25 June 2016
End Date
09 October 2017
Venue
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Pengliang Lu and Denise Patry Leidy
garments displayed in glass vitrines

1974

For Heads and Toes

Start Date
13 November 1974
End Date
31 March 1975
Venue
Brooklyn Museum
Location
New York, USA
Curator

2007

New Threads: Quilts and Costumes

Start Date
09 November 2007
End Date
01 March 2008
Venue
DAR Museum
Location
Washington D.C., USA
Curator
Alden O’Brien

2019

Victoria 200

Start Date
13 March 2019
End Date
30 June 2019
Venue
Fashion History Museum
Location
Ontario, Canada

2016

Tying the Knot: 200 Years of Wedding Attire

Start Date
04 May 2016
End Date
18 December 2016
Venue
Fashion History Museum
Location
Ontario, Canada
wedding gowns displayed on mannequins

2015

Treasures From the Collection

Start Date
27 June 2015
End Date
20 December 2015
Venue
Fashion History Museum
Location
Ontario, Canada
exhibition display of mannequins

2016

To Meet The Queen

Start Date
12 March 2016
End Date
29 May 2016
Venue
Fashion History Museum
Location
Ontario, Canada
exhibition display of mannequins

1980

Peasant Prints: Textiles from Czechoslovakia & Russia

Start Date
30 January 1980
End Date
31 August 1980
Venue
Brooklyn Museum
Location
New York, USA
single mannequin in an ensemble

1987

Pearls Among the Gold: Russian Women’s Festive Dress

Start Date
25 February 1987
End Date
29 June 1987
Venue
Brooklyn Museum
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Elizabeth Ann Coleman
display of mannequins and textiles

1989

Opulent Era: Fashions of Worth, Doucet and Pingat

Start Date
01 December 1989
End Date
26 February 1990
Venue
Brooklyn Museum
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Elizabeth Ann Coleman
two mannequins

2007

Fashion in Film: Period Costumes for the Screen

Start Date
12 May 2007
End Date
30 September 2007
Venue
The Paine Art Center and Gardens
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA

1986

An American Eye for Style

Start Date
01 December 1986
End Date
29 June 1987
Venue
Brooklyn Museum
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Costumes and Textiles department
single mannequin in an ensemble

2018

Dressing Toronto

Start Date
01 November 2018
End Date
30 November 2018
Venue
Fashion History Museum
Location
Ontario, Canada
Curator
Jonathan Walford

2016

Eye on Fashion: The Kelly Ellman Collection

Start Date
03 December 2016
End Date
26 February 2017
Venue
The Ellman Fashion Design Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Curator
Phoenix Art Museum

2021

Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser

Start Date
22 May 2021
End Date
31 December 2021
Venue
V&A
Location
London, UK
Curator
Kate Bailey and Harriet Reed
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2015

Style and Substance: Fashion, Society, Change 1880–1930s

Start Date
27 June 2015
End Date
21 May 2025
Venue
Harris Museum and Art Gallery
Location
Preston, UK
Curator
Kathryn Rogerson

2011

Victorian Dresses

Start Date
01 January 1970
End Date
21 May 2025
Venue
Gunnersbury Park Museum
Location
Richmond, London, UK

2017

Victorian Dresses from the Ryedale Folk Museum collection

Start Date
01 January 1970
End Date
01 January 1970
Venue
Ryedale Folk Museum
Location
Hutton le Hole, North Yorkshire, UK

2010

Marriage in the Movies

Start Date
01 January 1970
End Date
31 October 2010
Venue
National Museum of Costume, Shambellie House
Location
Dumfries, Scotland, UK.

2014

Let’s Party: Gorgeous Garments from the Assembly Rooms to the Disco

Start Date
20 May 2014
End Date
03 October 2014
Venue
Totnes Fashion and Textiles Museum
Location
Devon, UK

2010

Fashion for Festivals 1810–2000

Start Date
31 May 2010
End Date
30 September 2010
Venue
Totnes Fashion and Textiles Museum
Location
Totnes, Devon, UK

2006

Fashion in Film: Period Costumes for the Screen

Start Date
30 September 2006
End Date
07 January 2007
Venue
Winterthur Museum
Location
Winterthur, Delaware, USA

2010

Fashionably Curious

Start Date
24 April 2010
End Date
13 June 2010
Venue
Linley Sambourne House
Location
London, UK
Curator
Fashion History and Theory pathway of BA (Hons) Fashion at Central Saint Martins

2014

Fin de Siècle

Start Date
14 January 2014
End Date
16 March 2014
Venue
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
Location
Northampton, UK

2015

Age of Glamour: Fashion from the Fifties

Start Date
08 May 2015
End Date
31 December 2015
Venue
Lotherton Hall
Location
Leeds, UK

1982

La Belle Epoque

Start Date
06 December 1982
End Date
04 September 1983
Venue
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Diana Vreeland and Philippe Julien

2018

Sorolla y la Moda (Sorolla and Fashion)

Start Date
13 February 2018
End Date
27 May 2018
Venue
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
Location
Madrid, Spain
Curator
Eloy Martínez de la Pera
Designer

2019

Six Decades of Victorian Fashion

Start Date
01 April 2019
End Date
01 January 1970
Venue
Beck Isle Museum
Location
Pickering, North Yorkshire, UK.
Exhibition display of dressed mannequin in Victorian dress

2015

A Century of Style: Costume and Colour 1800–1899

Start Date
25 September 2015
End Date
14 February 2016
Venue
Kelvingrove Art Gallery
Location
Glasgow, Scotland
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2010

Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail 1700–1915

Start Date
02 October 2010
End Date
27 March 2011
Venue
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Location
Los Angeles, USA
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2017

1895-1925 A Lady’s Day: Dresses From The Roberto Devalle Collection

Start Date
19 October 2017
End Date
07 January 2018
Venue
Fondazione Accorsi Ometto
Location
Turin, Italy
Curator
Silvia Mira
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2011

Dress for Excess: Fashion in Regency England

Start Date
05 February 2011
End Date
05 February 2012
Venue
The Royal Pavilion
Location
Brighton, UK

Costume Drama: Fashion From 1780–1850

Start Date
08 July 2011
End Date
07 May 2012
Venue
Sudley House
Location
Liverpool, UK

2012

The Victorian Book: Fashion and Furnishings 1837–1901

Start Date
02 March 2012
End Date
31 January 2013
Venue
Lotherton Hall
Location
Leeds, UK

2019

The Georgian Edit: Cutting-Edge Fashion of the Eighteenth Century

Start Date
23 August 2019
End Date
31 December 2019
Venue
Fairfax House
Location
York, UK

2014

Love in Fine Fashion

Start Date
21 November 2014
End Date
12 April 2015
Venue
McCord Museum
Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Curator
Cynthia Cooper
Exhibition display of dress in glass vitrine

2015

Inside Out: Revealing Clothing’s Hidden Secrets

Start Date
12 March 2015
End Date
31 July 2016
Venue
Kent State University Museum
Location
Kent, USA
Curator
Sara Hume
Designer
Jim Williams

2018

In Praise of Silk: Fashion with Tradition in China

Start Date
13 March 2018
End Date
25 March 2018
Venue
China Cultural Center in Tel Aviv
Location
Tel Aviv, Israel
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2016

ReFashion

Start Date
01 May 2016
End Date
04 September 2016
Venue
Discovery Museum
Location
Newcastle, UK

2021

Walk This Way: Footwear from the Stuart Weitzman Collection of Historic Shoes to Toe

Start Date
07 February 2021
End Date
06 June 2021
Venue
Taft Museum of Art
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Curator
Ann Glasscock
Organized by:
New York Historical Society, Taft Museum of Art

2014

American Jewelry Design Council – Variations on a Theme: 25 Years of Design

Start Date
24 October 2014
End Date
03 May 2015
Venue
Kent State University Museum
Location
Kent, USA

Wedding Dresses 1775–2014

Start Date
03 May 2014
End Date
15 May 2015
Venue
V&A
Location
London, UK
Curator
Keira Miller
Exhibition display of dressed mannequin in wedding attire

2008

Magnificence of the Tsars

Start Date
10 December 2008
End Date
29 March 2009
Venue
V&A
Location
London, England
Curator
Svetlana Amelekhina

2021

These Shoes Were Made for Walking

Start Date
09 January 2021
End Date
28 February 2021
Venue
Ayers House Museum
Location
Adelaide, Australia

2019

Paris, Capital of Fashion

Start Date
06 September 2019
End Date
04 January 2020
Venue
The Museum at FIT
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Valerie Steele
Designer
Kimberly Ackert, Ackert Architecture
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2010

Dressing to Impress

Start Date
10 March 2010
End Date
31 October 2010
Venue
Killerton House and Gardens
Location
Exeter, UK

2018

Designers & Jewellery 1850 –1940: Jewellery & Metalwork from The Fitzwilliam Museum

Start Date
31 July 2018
End Date
11 November 2018
Venue
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Location
Cambridge, UK

2010

Curious Curves: RAMM display at Launceston

Start Date
03 May 2010
End Date
01 July 2010
Venue
Royal Albert Memorial Museum
Location
Exeter, UK

2007

Fashion from Fleece: 200 Years of Australian Wool in Fashion

Start Date
25 July 2007
End Date
27 August 2007
Venue
Powerhouse Museum
Location
Sydney, Australia
Curator
Jane de Teliga, Sandra McEwan, Glynis Jones, PHM
Designer
Susan Freeman, Freeman Ryan Design
Graphic design:
Chris Dent, Creative Justice
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

1979

Imperial Style: Fashions of the Hapsburg Era

Start Date
01 December 1979
End Date
01 August 1980
Venue
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Diana Vreeland

2017

Love Is…Australian Wedding Fashion

Start Date
13 May 2017
End Date
20 May 2018
Venue
Powerhouse Museum
Location
Sydney, Australia
Curator
Glynis Jones
Designer
Katherine Bond
Exhibition display of mannequins in wedding attire

2016

A Century of Shoes: The Rise and Fall of the Georgian Heel

Start Date
10 March 2016
End Date
26 June 2016
Venue
Fairfax House
Location
York, UK

From Rural to Urban: 400 Years of Western Fashion

Start Date
01 September 2016
End Date
01 December 2021
Venue
China National Silk Museum
Location
Hangzhou, China
Curator
Zhao Feng
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2009

Emilia Stoppani, il guardaroba di una sposa comasca (the wardrobe of a Como bride)

Start Date
15 May 2009
Venue
Fondazione Antonio Ratti
Location
Como, Italy
Curator
Margherita Rosina and Francina Chiara

2013

Contemporary Spain: Photography, painting and fashion / The history of Spain over two centuries

Start Date
03 October 2013
End Date
05 January 2014
Venue
Fundación MAPFRE (MAPFRE Foundation)
Location
Madrid, Spain
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2018

All in Bags: the World of
Western Fashion Handbags from the 19th to the 20th Century

Start Date
30 June 2018
End Date
21 September 2019
Venue
China National Silk Museum
Location
Hangzhou, China