Statement Pieces” marks the prestigious museum’s first foray into fashion, with a sprawling exhibition dedicated to the relationship between designers and art.

Louvre Couture”, the first fashion exhibition at the famed Paris museum in its 231-year history, features 45 fashion houses and designers – from Cristobal Balenciaga to Iris Van Herpen.

The most visited museum in the world is wooing a new crowd by injecting glamorous new cool into its fustiest department.

Louvre Couture, which runs until July 21, features around 100 items of clothing by 45 top fashion houses. Read more at straitstimes.com.

With the men’s collections in full swing and Couture right around the corner, the Louvre Museum today will unveil “Louvre Couture,” the first major exhibition to place masterworks of modern fashion—and their inspiration—within the broader context of French history and decorative arts.

The Louvre, the world's most-visited museum, opened a sprawling exhibit of couture gowns and accessories from dozens of fashion houses including Chanel, Saint Laurent and Dior on Friday (January 24), showing them alongside its collection of historic decorative arts stretching from Ancient Greece to France’s Second Empire.

The Louvre in Paris opened its first-ever fashion exhibition on Friday, seeking to draw new, younger audiences to the world's most popular museum.

The Louvre in Paris opened its first-ever fashion exhibition on Friday, seeking to draw new, younger audiences amid national concern about conditions inside the landmark art destination.

The most visited museum in the world is wooing a new crowd by injecting glamorous new cool into its fustiest department.

The Louvre Museum in Paris launched its first-ever fashion exhibition on Friday, aimed at attracting younger audiences to the world's most visited museum. The exhibition titled, "Louvre Couture: Art and Fashion in Dialogue,

Statement Pieces’ puts iconic couture garments in conversation with the Louvre’s collection of historical furniture and objets d’art.