Tag: exhibitions
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Worth: Inventing Haute Couture
In Paris, a major exhibit devoted to the House of Worth is entering its final weeks. Hosted by the city’s Musée des Beaux-Arts in collaboration with the Palais Galliera, the show offers visitors a rare glimpse of 19th-century designs by Charles Frederick Worth, the pioneer of haute couture, as well as later pieces from the…
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Preserving Fashion Piece by Piece
Have you heard? There’s a new museum devoted to sewing patterns, and it’s featured in the current issue of WWD Weekend magazine. West Coast Executive Editor Booth Moore visited the Couture Pattern Museum in Santa Barbara, California for her article, “Preserving Fashion Piece by Piece.” (online: “How the Couture Pattern Museum Preserves Artifacts That First…
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