“BACK SIDE / FASHION FROM BEHIND” Exhibition: When Art meets Fashion

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Paris, city of Love, city of Light, … but also city of Fashion. 

A few weeks back, I went to the off-site fashion exhibition organized by Palais Galliera at Museum Bourdelle: Back Side / Fashion from Behind. The exhibition was a delight: splendid, unexpected and fascinating. I loved it.

In a society that is obsessed with people’s faces, “Back Side / Fashion from Behind” is an original and unexpected theme. By addressing our body’s relationship to clothing from a social and psychological point of view, the exhibition questions the perception we have of our own and other people’s backs.Palais Galliera

Here are some photos of the Haute-Couture exhibition.

Chloé by Karl Lagerfeld ~ ‘Brise’ dress (1983-1984)

Dress by Martine Sitbon (1997-1998)
Collection WOW, Bomber jacket and trouser by Walter Van Beirendonck (2019-2020)

Collection Black Swan, ‘Dress Arabesque Penchée’ by Jean Paul Gaultier (2011-2012)

Wedding dress by Maggy Rouff (1934)
Robe ailée by Thierry Mugler (1984-1985)
Dress closed by 51 buttons by John Galliano (1998-1999)
‘Passe passe’ by Jean Paul Gaultier (2003-2004)

Back Side / Fashion from Behind