fashion as art

How Fashion Exhibitions Became Laboratories for Interdisciplinary Thinking

The Brooklyn Museum's senior curator of fashion and material culture Matthew Yokobosky explains how treating fashion as art can reveal the relationships between human and machine, between microscopic structures and universal forms and between natural phenomena and manufactured mediums.

By Matthew Yokobosky

Our Favorite Looks From the 2026 Grand Dîner du Louvre

A guest list spanning aristocracy, finance, fashion and film highlighted the event’s growing status as one of the most exclusive gatherings of Paris Fashion Week.

By Christa Terry

Our Favorite Looks From the Inaugural Le Grand Dîner du Louvre

A-listers in attendance included Gigi Hadid, Keira Knightley, Naomi Campbell, Taylor Hill and Carla Bruni.

By Christa Terry

The Curators of ‘Yves Saint Laurent: Line and Expression’ On How the Show Came to Be

By Sarah Moroz

MFA Boston Explores Fashion’s Significance in a Show That’s Less Political Than It Is Playful

By Madeleine Aitken

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