HAVING A BALL: The hovering nave on the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, just lately the positioning of trend reveals for Thom Browne and Wales Bonner, will subsequent yr host a “Grand Ball.”
The favored Paris museum has set July 6, 2025, because the date for a gala to rejoice the centenary of the Worldwide Exhibition of Trendy Ornamental and Industrial Arts in Paris.
In a brief press launch, Les Arts Décoratifs mentioned the occasion could be “within the custom of the good Parisian balls” and a “celebration of trend and French artwork de vivre.”
Whereas maybe greatest identified for its blockbuster trend exhibitions devoted to the likes of Thierry Mugler, Iris Van Herpen, Louis Vuitton, Dries Van Noten and Dior, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs additionally showcases its huge collections of furnishings, tableware, textiles, jewellery, wallpaper, artwork and design objects, glass, toys, promoting, drawings and images.
Appears from the “Vogue and Sports activities” exhibition on the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.
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The museum boasts one of many largest ornamental arts collections on the earth, spanning some 1.5 million objects courting from the Center Ages by means of to right this moment.
At current the museum is internet hosting a number of exhibitions at its fundamental web site within the Louvre constructing’s Rohan and Marsan wings, together with “The Start of Division Shops,” “Luxurious in China,” and one mingling trend and jewellery creations with the museum’s everlasting show of furnishings and design masterpieces.
The Worldwide Exhibition of Trendy Ornamental and Industrial Arts happened on the Esplanade des Invalides, alongside each banks of the Seine and in and across the Grand Palais, from April to November 1925, in line with documentation on the Musée des Arts Décoratifs web site.
It notes that two main websites have been dedicated to trend: the Grand Palais and the Pavillon de l’Élégance on the Cours-la-Reine. Designer Jeanne Lanvin served as chairwoman of the worldwide awards jury and likewise was in control of choosing exhibitors and the exhibition’s architectural décor.
