“Fashion is fashionable”: How sartorial themes are the next big thing for museums – and it”s all thanks to McQueen In 1983, when Costume Institute consultant, Diana Vreeland, conceived of an Yves Saint Laurent exhibition, no one could have foreseen what a hit it would become. This year the concept of couture collection as gallery exhibit has taken the art world by storm with exhibitions like Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty attracting an audience of 661,509. The show ranks in The Metropolitan Museum of Art”s top ten most visited shows ever and is only one of several high fashion spectacles to have drawn record crowds to art institutions. Continue reading

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"Fashion is fashionable": How sartorial themes are the next big thing for museums – and it"s all thanks to McQueen