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2017

The House of Dior: 1947-1962

Start Date
15 March 2017
End Date
09 July 2017
Venue
Fashion History Museum
Location
Ontario, Canada
exhibition display of mannequins

2006

“Viktor & Rolf for H&M” trouwjurk (wedding dress)

Start Date
24 October 2006
End Date
26 November 2006
Venue
Centraal Museum
Location
Utrecht, The Netherlands

1984

Gowns by Grés

Start Date
29 June 1984
End Date
06 January 1985
Venue
Brooklyn Museum
Location
New York, USA

H+F/Fashion on the Edge: Viktor and Rolf

Start Date
07 July 2006
End Date
18 September 2006
Venue
Centraal Museum
Location
Utrecht, The Netherlands

2013

Nieuwe aanwinsten: Fong Leng (New acquisitions: Fong Leng)

Start Date
21 September 2013
End Date
01 December 2013
Venue
Centraal Museum
Location
Utrecht, The Netherlands
exhibition display of mannequins

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

1991

Aanwinstenopstelling Martin Margiela (Acquisition statement Martin Margiela)

Start Date
07 October 1991
End Date
13 August 1992
Venue
Centraal Museum
Location
Utrecht, The Netherlands

1982

Genius of Charles James

Start Date
16 October 1982
End Date
30 October 2026
Venue
Brooklyn Museum
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Elizabeth Ann Coleman
Charles James Clover Leaf dress on a mannequin

2023

Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty

Start Date
05 May 2023
End Date
16 July 2023
Venue
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Andrew Bolton
Designer
Tadao Ando
Film Producer
Loic Prigent
A mannequin wearing an ivory waistcoat, bow-tie and feathered coat stands atop a concave plinth. It overlooks a group of black dresses set inside an alcove on the right. In the background are more dresses staged on a pyramid formation.

2022

Love Brings Love. The Alber Elbaz Tribute Show

Start Date
05 March 2022
End Date
10 July 2022
Venue
Palais Galliera
Location
Paris, France
Curator
Alexandre Samson
Exhibition view showing the back of a billowing ballgown with a monochrome printed photograph of Alber Elba looking away with his hands covering his mouth. More ballgowns are shown in the background along with fairy lights and neon hearts.

Dior + Balenciaga: The Kings of Couture and Their Legacies

Start Date
01 June 2022
End Date
06 November 2022
Venue
Museum at FIT
Location
New York City, U.S.A
Curator
Patricia Mears
Five A-line outfits in cream, black, grey and navy displayed against a muted black bakdrop.

2023

Ashish: Fall in Love and Be More Tender

Start Date
01 April 2023
End Date
10 September 2023
Venue
William Morris Gallery
Location
London, U.K.
Curator
Roisin Inglesby and Joe Scotland
Five mannequins stand and sit in various poses in colourful clothes.

2013

Cristóbal Balenciaga: A Timeless Legacy. Collection III

Start Date
26 April 2013
Venue
Cristóbal Balenciaga Museoa
Location
Getaria, Spain

2019

Studio Nicholas Daley

Start Date
06 September 2019
End Date
07 February 2020
Venue
V&A Dundee
Location
Dundee, U.K.
Curator
Mhairi Maxwell
A studio view showing Daley's designs, three desks with books and magazines, and photographs

2022

Cinzia says…

Start Date
05 November 2022
End Date
12 February 2022
Venue
Goldsmiths College
Location
London, UK
Curator
Luca Lo Pinto, Artistic Director, MACRO
Produced in partnership with the CCA
Exhibition display Portrait of Cinzia Ruggeri sitting in an armchair in an exhibition space with legs crossed

2021

Balenciaga. The Elegance of the Hat

Start Date
17 June 2021
End Date
03 October 2021
Venue
Museu del Disseny de Barcelona and Cristóbal Balenciaga Museoa
Location
Barcelona and Getaria, Spain
Curator
Igor Uría and Sílvia Ventosa
Exhibition display of hats in a section called 'Exuberance'

2020

Hanae Mori: Madame Butterfly, Flying to the World

Start Date
02 February 2020
End Date
02 April 2020
Venue
Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito
Location
Mito City, Ibaraki, Japan
Curator
Art Tower Mito
Cooperated by:
Iwami Art Museum, STUDIO SHIKUMI INC
Exhibtion display of dressed mannequins on central plinth

2022

Shocking! The surreal worlds of Elsa Schiaparelli (Shocking! Les Mondes Surréalistes d’Elsa Schiaparelli)

Start Date
06 July 2022
End Date
22 January 2023
Venue
Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Location
Paris, France
Curator
Olivier Gabet and Marie-Sophie Carron de la Carrière
Designer
Nathalie Crinière
Exhibition with mannequins on a plinths - central one of which is displaying grey suit with gold trim

Cinzia says…

Start Date
14 April 2022
End Date
28 August 2022
Venue
MACRO
Location
Rome, Italy
Curator
Luca Lo Pinto, Artistic Director, MACRO
Designer
Marco Campardo Studio
Exhibition installation shot of mannequins with colourful draped fabrics and with colourful garments mounted on wall and from ceiling. Screen projecting dressed mannequins on background wall.

2021

The Way We Are

Start Date
24 September 2021
End Date
15 May 2022
Venue
Armani/Silos
Location
Milan, Italy
Curator
Giorgio Armani
Black and white boxers and briefs are hung on a washing line abovecampaign photographs showing models wearing Armani underwear.

2006

Sueños que caminan / Walking Dreams. Salvatore Ferragamo 1898-1960

Start Date
01 January 1970
End Date
01 January 1970
Venue
Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes
Location
Mexico City, Mexico
Exhibition display of plinths from above, interspersed with screens and some with shoes visible

Modern Master: Lucien Lelong, 1918-48

Start Date
28 February 2006
End Date
15 April 2006
Venue
Museum at FIT
Location
New York, USA
Curator
Sarah Scaturro and Sonya Mooney
Designer
Fashion and Textile: History, Theory, and Museum Practice MA students
A row of dresses on white mannequins stand on display.

2019

Mattijs van Bergen

Start Date
21 December 2019
End Date
05 July 2020
Venue
Centraal Museum
Location
Utrecht, Netherlands

2004

Vivienne Westwood: A Retrospective

Start Date
01 April 2004
End Date
11 July 2004
Venue
V&A
Location
London, England
Curator
Claire Wilcox
Designer
Azman Architects
Exhibition display of mannequins in day-glo coloured 17th Century period style costume

Vivienne Westwood: 34 Years in Fashion

Start Date
12 November 2004
End Date
30 January 2005
Venue
National Gallery of Australia
Location
Canberra, Australia

2019

Vera Paints a Scarf: The Art and Design of Vera Neumann

Start Date
08 August 2019
End Date
26 January 2020
Venue
Museum of Arts and Design
Location
New York, U.S.A
Curator
Elissa Auther
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2018

Jan Taminiau – Reflections

Start Date
21 April 2018
End Date
26 August 2018
Venue
Centraal Museum
Location
Utrecht, Netherlands

2022

Forever Valentino

Start Date
28 October 2022
End Date
01 April 2022
Venue
M7
Location
Doha, Qatar
Curator
Pierpaolo Piccioli, Massimiliano Gioni and Alexander Fury
Gallery view showing a projection of a skylight. Underneath is a large, grey replica of a marble face. Surrounding it is a group of red Valentino dresses, worn on red mannequins.

Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse

Start Date
25 April 2022
End Date
09 October 2022
Venue
LACMA
Location
Los Angeles, U.S.A
Curator
Clarissa Esguerra and Michaela Hansen

Gianni Versace Retrospective

Start Date
03 December 2022
End Date
07 May 2023
Venue
Groninger Museum
Location
Groningnen, Netherlands
Curator
Karl von der Ahé and Saskia Lubnow
Six black and gold mannequins wear ornately patterned gold and black Greco inspired designs.

2014

Marga Weimans – Fashion House

Start Date
15 June 2014
End Date
23 November 2014
Venue
Groninger Museum
Location
Groningnen, Netherlands
Curator
Mark Wilson and Sue-an van der Zijpp
A mannequin wears a black embroidered dress with elaborately large skirt. On the curved wall around it is a black and white landscape-style photo of Weimans' work. In the background is a manipulated portrait of a person with a glass building on their head.

2021

Claudia Skoda – Dressed to Thrill

Start Date
13 April 2021
End Date
29 August 2021
Venue
Kulturforum
Location
Berlin, Germany
Curator
Britta Bommert and Marie Alerth Skov
In the centre of the image, a white mannequin wears a grey knitted and hooded dress, with black sknitted stripes across its chest, wrists and thighs. In the background, another mannequin wears a white and green knitted outfit; three knitted jumpers are individually framed on either side.

2022

Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse (touring)

Start Date
11 December 2022
End Date
10 April 2023
Venue
National Gallery of Victoria
Location
Melbourne, Australia
Curator
Katie Somerville

Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams (touring)

Start Date
21 December 2022
End Date
28 May 2023
Venue
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Location
Tokyo, Japan
Curator
Florence Müller
Designer
Shohei Shigematsu

2023

Christian Dior, the Genius of a Designer

Start Date
29 April 2023
End Date
05 November 2023
Venue
Musée Christian Dior
Location
Granville, France
Curator
Brigitte Richart
Designer
Ciel Architects

2024

Framing Fashion: Art and Inspiration from a Private Collection of Vivienne Westwood

Start Date
19 October 2024
End Date
02 March 2025
Venue
Bowes Museum
Location
Barnard Castle, Teesdale, UK
Curator
Rachel Whitworth
Four outfits displayed on mannequin in hues of blue, purple red and green tartan.

Jan-Jan Van Essche

Start Date
07 December 2024
End Date
08 June 2025
Venue
MoMu
Location
Antwerp, Belgium
Curator
Jan-Jan Van Essche (Guest Curator), Romy Cockx (MoMu)
Graphic design
Jelle Jespers
male mannequin with round ball for head in blue shirt and trousers, in gallery with atmospheric bronze lighting

2025

Vivienne Westwood & Jewellery – A Retrospective Exhibition | Vivienne Westwood®

Start Date
17 January 2025
End Date
27 April 2025
Venue
Te Papa (Museum of New Zealand)
Location
Wellington, New Zealand
Designer
Nomad Exhibitions
An installation of four female mannequins, all wearing hues of gold, white and black.

2024

Elio Fiorucci

Start Date
06 November 2024
End Date
16 March 2025
Venue
Triennale Milano
Location
Milan, Italy
Curator
Judith Clark
Designer
Fabio Cherstich
Installation view of cut out figures in colourful lycra leotards and leggings in a Fiorucci store that features with shoes displayed on steps

2016

BIBA: The Fashion, The Lifestyle, The Brand

Start Date
26 March 2016
End Date
14 January 2017
Venue
Beecroft Art Gallery
Location
Southend on Sea, Essex, UK
Curator
Ciara Phipps
Historical clear and green perfume bottles. Black and gold photography in the background of a 1920s and 130's models.

2023

Martin Grant

Start Date
28 March 2025
End Date
26 January 2026
Venue
National Gallery of Victoria
Location
Melbourne, Australia
mannequins in a gallery with red backdrop

2024

Vivienne Westwood: The Personal Collection

Start Date
14 June 2024
End Date
24 June 2024
Venue
Christie's
Location
London,UK
Curator
Andreas Kronthaler
A display of colourful mannequins wearing Vivienne Westwood garments in hues of orange, pink, blue and red.

2025

Gianni Versace Retrospective. Touring

Start Date
16 July 2025
End Date
01 May 2026
Venue
Arches, London Bridge
Location
London
Curator
Karl von der Ahé
mannequins on a round plinth in middle of brick-walled gallery with more mannequins in the background, each plinth named with a celebrity wearer.

Paul Poiret: Fashion is a feast

Start Date
25 June 2025
End Date
11 January 2026
Venue
Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Location
Paris, France
Curator
Marie-Sophie Carron de la Carrière
Assisted by
Marie-Pierre Ribère and Astrid Novembre
exhbition display of mannequins, one in sailor's uniform, one in oriental style kimono and one in 19th Century gown

Lars Wallin Atelier: 35 Years of Fashion Stories

Start Date
07 March 2025
End Date
07 September 2025
Venue
Artipelag
Location
Stockholm, Sweden
Curator
Lars Wallin
pink toned ballgowns on mannequins in an exhibition gallery

Comme des Garçons: Crow Legacy

Start Date
01 August 2025
End Date
24 August 2025
Venue
Aro Archive
Location
London, UK

2021

How to Dior: Christian Dior and His Successors

Start Date
17 December 2021
End Date
26 June 2022
Venue
Decorative Arts Museum (Kunstgewerbemuseum)
Location
Berlin, Germany
A group of mannequins on display

2024

Naomi: In Fashion

Start Date
22 June 2024
End Date
06 April 2025
Venue
V&A
Location
London, UK
Curator
Edward Enninful
Seven female mannequins wearing different styles of evening gowns all full length. Colours of gowns are in hues of pink, red, silver, gold and white.

2025

Catwalk: The Art of the Fashion Show

Start Date
18 October 2025
End Date
15 February 2026
Venue
Vitra Design Museum
Location
Weil am Rhein, Germany
Curator
Jochen Eisenbrand, Katharina Krawczyk
Guest Curators
Kirsty Hassard, Svetlana Panova (V&A Dundee)

Worth Inventing Haute Couture

Start Date
07 May 2025
End Date
07 September 2025
Venue
Palais Galliera
Location
Paris, France
Curator
Annick Lemoine, Miren Arzalluz
Scientific curators:
Sophie Grossiord, Marine Kisiel, Raphaële Martin-Pigalle
Assisted by:
Alice Freudiger and Jacqueline Dumaine

2019

New Millennium

Start Date
16 October 2019
End Date
19 April 2020
Venue
Musée Mode & Dentelle
Location
Brussels, Belgium
Curator
Denis Laurent

Masculinities

Start Date
28 August 2020
End Date
13 June 2021
Venue
Musée Mode & Dentelle
Location
Brussels, Belgium
Curator
Denis Laurent & Gonzague Pluvinage
Designer
Antigone Aristidou
Formerly
Musée du Costume et de la dentelle
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2019

Stephen Jones: Hats

Start Date
07 February 2019
End Date
09 June 2019
Venue
Royal Pavilion and Museums
Location
Brighton, UK
Curator
Stephen Jones OBE and Martin Pel
Three models wearing oversized headpieces each adorned with spanners and paperclips respectively

2017

Reflection by Jean-Paul Lespagnard

Start Date
21 October 2017
End Date
15 April 2018
Venue
Musée du Costume et de la Dentelle
Location
Brussels
Curator
Jean-Paul Lespagnard, Caroline Esgain

2020

Fortuna: Designs by Vincent Quevedo

Start Date
20 August 2020
End Date
07 March 2021
Venue
Kent State University Museum
Location
Kent, USA
Designer
Jim Williams
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2015

Geoffrey Beene: American Ingenuity

Start Date
29 January 2015
End Date
30 August 2015
Venue
Kent State University Museum
Location
Kent, USA
Curator
Jean Druesedow

2019

Jean-Claude Poitras: Fashion and Inspiration

Start Date
22 October 2019
End Date
02 August 2020
Venue
McCord Museum of Canadian History
Location
Montreal, Canada
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

1994

Pierre Cardin: past, present and future
(Pierre Cardin: passado, presente e futuro)

Start Date
08 May 1994
End Date
09 April 1994
Venue
Museu de Arte Brasileira (MAB-FAAP)
Location
São Paulo, Brazil
Curator
René Tapolier

2020

The Fabulous Universe of Tomo Koizumi (O Fabuloso Universo de Tomo Koizumi)

Start Date
20 October 2020
End Date
17 January 2021
Venue
Japan House São Paulo
Location
São Paulo, Brazil
Curator
Natasha Barzaghi Geenen
Designer
Metro Arquitetos
Exhibition display of fluffy garments