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The exhibition opens with two looks from 1715, the Regency period.
The exhibition opens with two looks from 1715, the Regency period.
An array of looks from the Twenties and Thirties.
The Thirties display includes Schiaparelli, Mainbocher and Chanel.
Christian Dior’s New Look stands at the center of a display of Fifties dresses.
Dresses by Fortuny and Jacques Doucet from around the time of the 1900 Universal Exhibition in Paris.
A dress by Jacques Doucet and two by Charles Frederick Worth.
His-and-her looks from Jacques Esterel announce a display of Seventies designs.
An array of looks from the Nineties, including designs by Helmut Lang, Olivier Theyskens-era Rochas and Christian Lacroix.
The central nave.
Yohji Yamamoto and Dolce & Gabbana.
The purple dress: This purple lace evening ensemble by Cristobal Balenciaga is from his fall-winter 1961 couture collection and is a representative look of the decade. To the left is a golden suit by Chanel. The orange one behind the purple dress is by Pierre Cardin.