
Inside the Louvre Museum’s Breathtaking Debut Fashion Exhibition
Stephanie Sporn | Harpers Bazaar | 29th January 2025
Haute couture at the Louvre – and no, it’s not a fund raiser. Asserting that the museum’s vocation is “to present contemporary creation”, a curator asks why shouldn’t fashion be included? Couture masterworks have been paired with tapestries, furniture, silverware and armour, all displaying glorious craftsmanship. Some of the pairings have “uncanny” visual connections, especially where items in the Louvre inspired the particular design. For many fashion designers “the museum is the ultimate mood board”.