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Musée de la Mode et du Costume de la Ville de Paris

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Unusual Paris Museums and Galleries

The museum is closed for renovations and is due to be re-opened in Autumn 2013.

Palais de GallieraThe Museum of Fashion in Paris is housed in the Palais Galliéra, which was built in Renaissance style at the end of the 19th century. It contains clothing and professional uniforms from 1735 to the present day, including Brigitte Bardot’s Dior wedding dress, a classic 1930s Chanel wool suit, and a robe worn by stage legend Sarah Bernhardt.

About 100,000 items of clothing and accessories are in the Collection, among which are many pieces by grands couturiers and well-known fashion designers. In fact, fashion houses like Balmain, Givenchy, Balenciaga and Jean-Paul Gaultier regularly donate new dresses and other outfits to the museum, as do famous (and rich!) women like Princess Grace of Monaco, the Duchess of Windsor and Baronne Helene de Rothschild.

Different fashions exhibited in rotation

The fashion exhibits are displayed in rotation and usually in two major exhibitions each year. These shows can highlight a particular couturier’s career or explore a single theme.

The museum also has thousands of etchings, engravings,and fashion photographs, not to mention jewellery, canes, hats, fans, gloves, parasols and umbrellas; there used to be guided tours on Thursdays and Saturdays at 2:30 pm, but I don’t know whether they still do them.

Palais de GallieraMusée de la Mode et du Costume de la Ville de Paris
(Costume and Fashion Museum)
Palais Galliéra, 10, av. Pierre Ier de Serbie, 75116 Paris
Tel: 47 20 85 23
Fax: 47 23 38 37

Metro: Iéna, Alma-Marceau
RER: Charles De Gaulle Etoile Champs-Elysées
Bus: 32, 63, 92
Open: 10 am – 5:40 pm, Tuesday – Sunday
Entry: Charge varies depending on the temporary exhibitions, eg Adult €7 Concession: €5.50
14-26yrs: €3.50
Free for children up to 13 years old.

Next page : Musée de la Mode et du Textile (Fashion Museum)

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Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: Balenciaga, Balmain, Dior, France, Givenchy, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Musée de la Mode, Museum of Fashion, museums, noteworthy, Palais Galliéra, Paris, unusual

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