Exhibitions

*please note, this page currently gets updated about twice year, so apologies if it occasionally gets behind. We do our best to keep up!

 

Current Exhibitions (Summer / Fall 2016)

Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear 1715 - 2015
LACMA; January 2016
Manus X Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology
Met; May 5 - August 14, 2016
Uniformity
MFIT; May 20 - November 19, 2016
Undressed: A Brief History of Underwear
V&A: April 16, 2016 - March 12, 2017

 

More fashion exhibits around the world:

USA

Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC)
Manus x Machina
: May 5 – August 14, 2016

FIT Museum (NYC)
Uniformity
: May 20 – November 2016
Proust’s Muse, The Countess Greffulhe: September 23, 2016 – January 7, 2017

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum (NYC)
Scraps: Fashion, Textiles, and Creative Reuse
: September 23, 2016 – April 16, 2017

Brooklyn Museum
Disguise: Masks and Global African Art: April 29 – September 18, 2016

MFA Boston
#Techstyle
: March 6 – July 10, 2016

RISD Museum
All of Everything: Todd Oldham Fashion: April 8 – September 11, 2016
Whirling Return of the Ancestors: Egungun Masquerade Ensembles of the Yoruba: Jul 15-Jan8, 2017

Kent State University Museum (Kent, OH)
Flapper Style: 1920s Fashion: September 25, 2015 – September 4, 2016
Inside Out: Revealing Clothing’s Hidden Secrets: March 12, 2015 – July 31, 2016
Magical Designs for Mozart’s Magic Flute: Sept 29, 2016 – January 8, 2017
Fashions of Southern Africa: August 26, 2016 – July 2, 2017
(dis)ABLED Beauty: July 29, 2016 – March 12, 2017

Chicago History Museum:
Making Mainbocher: The First American Couturier: Opens October 22, 2016

FIDM Museum (LA)
Art of Television Costume Design
: August 2 – October 15, 2016
ManMode: Dressing the Male Ego: August 2 – December 23, 2016

de Young Museum (SF)
The Sumatran Ship Cloth: April 2, 2016 – February 12, 2017
On The Grid: Textiles and Minimalism: July 23, 2016 – April 2, 2017

Legion of Honor (SF)
Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection: Nov. 19, 2016 – January 29, 2017

SFO Museum (SFO)
Fashion in Flight: A History of Airline Uniform Design
Essential Style: Vintage and Antique Purses
: January 2 – July 22, 2016
SFO Museum, International Terminal: June 16, 2016 – January 8, 2017

Portland Art Museum (Portland, OR)
Native Fashion Now: June 4 – September 4, 2016

Seattle Art Museum (Seattle, WA)
Mood Indigo: Textiles from Around the World: April 9 – October 9, 2016
Yves Saint Laurent: The Perfection of Style: Oct 11, 2016 – Jan 8, 2017

Bellevue Arts Museum (WA)
Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Flair: May 20 – August 14, 2016

More coming soon!

 

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If we’re missing an exhibition that you know of, please drop us a line and we’re happy to add it!