In Paris, the Palais Galliera Pays Tribute to the Powdered and Panniered, Past and Present

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Vive l’extravagance! During Paris Fashion Week, designers’ fascination with all things 18th century was on full display, in corsets, ruffles, lace, panniers, petticoats, and lush fabrics, among other things. But the ongoing obsession is hardly limited to fashion: a constellation of exhibitions—the MAD, the Musée Carnavalet, the Musée Cognacq-Jay, and,Continue Reading

Couture Week Opens With a Cinematic Bal d’Été, Directed by Sofia Coppola at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs

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Though MAD has hosted galas before, the museum’s president, Lionel Sauvage, described this one as its “first real family ball.” “Everyone here is close to the museum,” he said of the event, which he hopes to stage every other year. He credited Jean-Victor Meyers, president of the gala’s honorary committee,Continue Reading