ashion is art and it belongs in the museum. Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani puts it perfectly when he says, “In our digital era there is undoubtedly growing curiosity about what is concrete, literal, and real. There’s an aspiration towards craftsmanship, things made with care and with passion and made to last. It’s the opposite of fast fashion, which appears increasingly superficial and inconsistent.” The realm of storied fashion houses—full of lengthy legacies offer an opportunity to rediscover key moments in the history of fashion. This gives the viewer a profound and personal experience that is very different from other forms of storytelling, quite literally transforming the very status of haute couture. Fashion exhibitions aren’t merely a place
