Treasures of Fashion: The aesthetic sense of Valerie Steele

The Kobe Fashion Museum presents the exhibition, “Treasures of Fashion ― the aesthetic sense of Valerie Steele.”

The Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, a world-famous educational institution is part of the State University of New York. Dr. Valerie Steele is Director and Chief Curator of The Museum at FIT, a division of FIT and specialized fashion museum.  For this exhibition, she selected approximately 150 items from the collection of the Kobe Fashion Museum, including rococo-style Western dresses dating from the 18th century to modern times, as well as fashion photographs, creating an opportunity to shine a spotlight on our collection from a new perspective.

With the exhibiting cooperation of: Osaka Shoin Women’s University.

Image © Kobe Fashion Museum.