{"id":65753,"date":"2025-11-26T09:51:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T09:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/65753\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T09:51:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T09:51:16","slug":"louvre-couture-brings-high-fashion-masterpieces-to-mfah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/65753\/","title":{"rendered":"Louvre Couture Brings High Fashion Masterpieces to MFAH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FotoJet-2025-11-25T152117.342-1024x688.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"Image shows a red velvet dress inside a decorated room for Louvre Couture at mus\u00e9e de Louvre.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"688\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto via Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>    Save<\/p>\n<p>On the heels of its international debut at Louvre Museum, the iconic Paris museum\u2019s first-ever fashion exhibition, Louvre Couture, makes its debut in Houston at <a href=\"https:\/\/secrethouston.com\/museum-of-fine-arts-houston\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secrethouston.com\/museum-of-fine-arts-houston\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_internal\">MFAH<\/a>. Now on display, Louvre Couture is an extraordinary exhibition of 36 fashion ensembles across the Houston museum\u2019s galleries.<\/p>\n<p>Fashion is an art form at Louvre Couture. In partnership between the mus\u00e9e du Louvre and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Art and Fashion: Statement Pieces is a collection of 36 unique fashion ensembles. Showcased with MFAH\u2019s masterpieces in the museum\u2019s Beck and Kinder buildings , the curated selection feature historic fashion brands including: Louis Vuitton, Versace, Balenciaga, Vivienne Westwood, Chanel, Givenchy, and Christian Dior.<\/p>\n<p>Other contemporary designers are featured in Louvre Couture exhibition at MFAH, including: Erdem, Jacquemus, Thom Browne, and Iris Van Herpen.<\/p>\n<p> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-30222\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FotoJet-2025-11-25T124629.453-1024x688.jpg\" alt=\"Image shows Iris Van Herpen, Syntopia Dress, Haute modeled by Sabah Koj..\" width=\"1024\" height=\"688\"  \/>Photo credit: Yannis Vlamos <\/p>\n<p>The earliest piece featured in Louvre Couture is the 1965 Robe Mondrian of Yves Saint Laurent. This article, visitors can see alongside Piet Mondrian\u2019s Composition with Grid #1, from the museum\u2019s collections. Additionally, Givenchy\u2019s 1990-1991 Pantsuit is displayed with Andr\u00e9-Charles Boulle\u2019s Longcase Clock from the 17th century; a 2024 Yohji Yamamoto ensemble with Louise Nevelson\u2019s Mirror Image I; and Karl Lagerfield\u2019s 1990 ensemble for Chanel with Biombo with Views of Mexico City.<\/p>\n<p>Louvre Couture is presently in exhibition at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston until March 15, 2026. Visitors can find the exposition in galleries located in the museum\u2019s Beck and Kinder buildings. MFAH is located at 1001 Bissonnet St.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-30220\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FotoJet-2025-11-25T124535.122-1024x688.jpg\" alt=\"Image shows ristian Dior, designed by Maria Grazia Chiuri, Dress and Necklace, Haute Couture Fall\/Winter 2018\u201319.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"688\"  \/>Photo credit: Laziz Hamani <\/p>\n<p>All Access tickets to the museum start at $20 for those aged between 13 and 18, or 65 and older. Tickets for adults over the age of 19 are priced at $24. Entrance is free for visitors aged 12 and under.<\/p>\n<p>The Museum of Fine Arts Houston is open from 11 am to 5 pm Wednesdays; from 11 am to 9 pm Thursdays and Fridays; from 11 am to 6 pm on Saturdays; and from 12:30 pm to 6 pm on Sundays. The museum is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo via Shutterstock Save On the heels of its international debut at Louvre Museum, the iconic Paris museum\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65754,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[10497,10498,12802,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-65753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-art-gallery-museum","tag-exhibition","tag-fashion-show","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}