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Gucci Museo Gucci 90 More than nine decades of Gucci evening wear, handbags and suitcases can be viewed at the Gucci Museo in Florence
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ashion history has been having a moment in the spotlight, with significant ensembles being put on display in major museums. Last year, London’s Victoria and Albert Museum sold more than David Bowie Is 300,000 tickets to the exhibition David Bowie Is, which displayed many of the flamboyant singer’s 30 2011 Fmemorable costumes. Similarly, in 2011 more Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty than 600,000 people lined up at New York’s Met- 60 ropolitan Museum of Art to see the retrospective Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty. The exhibi- tion was one of the museum’s most popular ever, highlighting fashion’s wide appeal. And around the world, galleries specialising in fashion show their best wares on a permanent basis, offering a look GUCCI MUSEO at some of the most elaborate and recognisable Gucci 1921 outfits ever worn. Gucci Gucci Museo 14 GUCCI MUSEO FLORENCE Palazzo della Mercanzia Gucci began as a small leather-saddle business in Florence in 1921. Today it is one of the world’s
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The Museum at FIT Impact: 50 Years of the CFDA The Museum at FIT’s Impact: 50 years of the CFDA, was the first exhibition to celebrate the American fashion trade organisation
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70 its more than nine decades of design, featuring day Juel Park 1940 and evening wear, and bags, which fill three floors of the 14th-century Palazzo della Mercanzia. Dance & “Our aim has been to create a destination expe- Fashion rience where people can appreciate our history 100 and understand how innovative Gucci is today,” www.fitnyc.edu/museum said Patrizio di Marco, Chief Executive at Gucci, in 2011 when the museum opened. PALAIS GALLIERA The museum’s permanent collection includes Palais Galliera gowns worn by Hilary Swank and Naomi Watts, Galliera Marie Brignole-Sale as well as photos and video of stars such as Audrey 7,000 30 Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor sporting the brand.
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ACCESSORY SPECIALISTS SIMONE HANDBAG MUSEUM SEOUL BATA SHOE MUSEUM TORONTO Simone 300 1920 Sonja Bata Cartier Bata 13,000 Schiaparelli Paco Rabanne 1968 Sonja Bata, an architect and avid world traveller, The Simone Handbag Museum has a striking collection had such an incredible collection of shoes that of about 300 handbags. Visitors can see a jewelled Cartier it formed the basis for the Bata Shoe Muse- purse from the 1920s, a Schiaparelli bag owned by the um. Its 13,000 exhibits range from Chinese Duchess of Windsor and Paco Rabanne’s 1968 chain mail bound-foot shoes and ancient Egyptian handbag inspired by butchers’ metal aprons. sandals to old snow boots. www.simonehandbagmuseum.co.kr www.batashoemuseum.com IMAGES. Snow boot: Zou Zheng – Xinhua Press/Corbis/IC. Palais Galliera: Getty Images
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