{"id":2642,"date":"2026-06-29T10:17:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T02:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itpbaz.kinsta.cloud\/fashion\/all-the-best-fashion-exhibitions-to-visit-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T22:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T14:24:10","slug":"all-the-best-fashion-exhibitions-to-visit-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preview.itp.luxury\/baz-my-1\/fashion\/all-the-best-fashion-exhibitions-to-visit-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"All The Best Fashion Exhibitions to Visit in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
From the opulent world of Marie Antoinette at London\u2019s Victoria and Albert Museum to the radical visions of Vivienne Westwood and Rei Kawakubo at Melbourne\u2019s National Gallery of Victoria, all of the fashion exhibitions in 2026 celebrate fashion\u2019s power to provoke, transform and challenge conventions. Each exhibition reveals how clothing transcends mere adornment to become a profound expression of culture, identity and artistic vision.<\/p>\n\n
It\u2019s time to head into uncharted creative territories that redefine our understanding of beauty, identity, fashion and creative expression. Here are the best fashion exhibitions in the year ahead.<\/p>\n\n
Here are the best fashion exhibitions to visit now and in 2026:<\/h2>\n\n
Marie Antoinette Style, Victoria and Albert Museum, London<\/h2>\n
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20 September 2025 \u2013 22 March 2026<\/h2>\n\n
Beautifully presented across the high-ceilinged, spacious galleries of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the 18th-century French queen\u2014a complex fashion icon\u2014Marie Antoinette is having her moment. Known as the last queen of France before the French Revolution overthrew her husband, King Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette was unpopular among the French people back in the day. Today, she\u2019s shifting perspective and stirring your emotions with a beautiful exhibition titled Marie Antoinette Style<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n
Sponsored by luxury footwear label, Manolo Blahnik, the exhibition tells the narrative of her style, youth and notoriety. With over 250 years of design, fashion, film and art, it has everything you would expect\u2014shimmering jewels, beaded shoes, regal furnishings and beautiful 18th-century gowns.<\/p>\n\n
From John Galliano\u2019s Marie Antoinette-inspired Dior couture pieces to Maria Grazia Chiuri\u2019s custom Dior couture for the BBC\u2019s Marie Antoinette<\/i> and beaded slippers belonging to Marie Antoinette, the exhibition is a glimpse at the legacy she left behind. We even get to be immersed in a room brimming with embroideries, ruffles, exaggerated skirts and florals. Keeping the magical feeling alive, there are also rooms packed with Marie\u2019s personal jewellery. All of it being a pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance, the exhibition memorialises the queen\u2019s legacy and history with thought, beauty and magic.<\/p>\n\n
Cecil Beaton\u2019s Fashionable World, National Portrait Gallery, London<\/h2>\n
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9 October 2025 \u2013 11 January 2026<\/h2>\n\n
Reowned for his photographs that transformed the world of fashion, Cecil Beaton was an extraordinary force in the 20th-century British and American creative scenes. A true Renaissance man of his era, Beaton\u2019s influence extended far beyond the camera lens\u2014he was also an accomplished costume designer, diarist and set designer who won multiple Academy Awards for his work on films including Gigi<\/i> and My Fair Lady<\/i>. Today, you get to revisit his ground-breaking talent in an exhibition dedicated solely to his fashion and portrait photography.<\/p>\n\n
From photographs, to letters, portraits sketches, fashion illustrations and costumes, the Cecil Beaton\u2019s Fashionable World<\/i> exhibition has over 200 items displayed at the National Portrait Gallery in London. Within the collection, you\u2019ll even see iconic figures such as Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando\u2014each captured through Beaton\u2019s discerning eye that could transform his subjects into timeless icons.<\/p>\n\n
For this exhibition, you can trace his evolution as an artist, observing how he masterfully adapted to changing fashions and cultural shifts while maintaining his signature style.<\/p>\n\n
Westwood | Kawakubo, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<\/h2>\n
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7 December 2025 \u2013 19 April 2026<\/h2>\n\n
Born a year apart, British designer Vivienne Westwood and Japanese designer Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Gar\u00e7ons both brought radical, rule-breaking approaches to fashion that challenged conventions of taste, gender, and beauty. This year onwards, the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne are pairing the works of two of the most influential fashion designers in recent history with a thematic exhibition.<\/p>\n\n
Featuring over 140 innovative designs, Westwood | Kawakubo<\/i> explores convergences between these self-taught rebels through loans from international museums including the Met, V&A, and Palais Galliera, plus over 100 works from NGV\u2019s collection\u2014including nearly 40 pieces recently gifted by Comme des Gar\u00e7ons.<\/p>\n\n
The exhibition spans their careers from the mid-1970s to the present, examining punk\u2019s influence, historical reinterpretation, experimental methodologies and gender interrogation. Supplemented by archival materials, photography, and runway footage, highlights include Westwood\u2019s iconic 1970s punk ensembles, her MacAndreas tartan gown worn by Kate Moss and the corseted wedding dress from Sex and the City: The Movie<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n
Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art<\/h2>\n
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1 March \u2013 1 November 2026<\/h2>\n\n
Fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli was a provocateur who challenged conventional dress through witty, elegant and strikingly surreal designs that incorporate humour and surprise. Working within traditional tailoring while subverting it with extraordinary materials and Surrealist imagery\u2014including collaborations with Salvador Dal\u00ed and Jean Cocteau\u2014she created unique fashion statements that invite viewers to look again. This UK-first exhibition spans the 1920s to today, tracing the fashion house\u2019s groundbreaking origins through pieces like her iconic black jumper knitted with a white bow, the \u2018Tears\u2019 dress and celebrating its evolution under current creative director Daniel Roseberry. The exhibition will comprise over 200 objects, including garments, accessories, jewellery, paintings, photographs, sculpture, furniture, perfumes and archive material\u2014Schiaparelli\u2019s most radical designs.<\/p>\n\n
Many Shades of Gr\u00e8s, State Museums of Berlin, Berlin<\/h2>\n
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15 March \u2013 11 October<\/h2>\n\n
Before the world knew her name, Germaine \u00c9milie Krebs was already rewriting the rules. The woman who would become Madame Gr\u00e8s\u2014couturi\u00e8re to Grace Kelly, Greta Garbo, and Marlene Dietrich\u2014treated fabric the way a sculptor treats marble: gathering meters of silk into breathtaking, body-hugging pleats inspired by classical antiquity. Now, Berlin\u2019s Kunstgewerbemuseum is giving her the retrospective she deserves. Many Shades of Gr\u00e8s <\/i>brings together 25 of her most extraordinary pieces alongside student reinterpretations, archival photography, sculpture, and digital installations\u2014a full, immersive portrait of a designer who was, quite simply, in a category of her own.<\/p>\n\n
Honouring one of fashion\u2019s most provocative British designers, Vivienne Westwood, this unofficial exhibition outlines her journey in rule-breaking approaches\u2014rebellion and tradition\u2014when it comes to fashion. Spanning the early 1980s to the 2000s, the exhibition features pieces from rarely seen private collections made possible by the collaboration with Peter Smithson and the Bowes Museum\u2019s own collection. From mock-up calico toiles to deconstructed garments and archival pieces, this exhibition gives you a glimpse of Westwood\u2019s artistry.<\/p>\n\n
The Givenchiaga Family, Crist\u00f3bal Balenciaga Museum, Spain<\/h2>\n
Staged in time for Hubert de Givenchy\u2019s birth, The Givenchiaga Family<\/i> exhibition revisits Crist\u00f3bal Balenciaga and Hubert de Givenchy\u2019s kinship origins through a series of silhouettes, retrospects and archival pieces. Presenting 35 works by both designers in a chronological order spanning 1956 to 1972, the exhibition features tailoring techniques, their shared philosophy and the gradual evolution of fashion. Among the treasures awaiting you: a ravishing evening gown in yellow Gros de Naples silk, its surface alive with chenille embroidery in a riot of colour\u2014a deeply personal piece, gifted by Balenciaga to Givenchy himself. Then there is Givenchy\u2019s own August 1967 evening ensemble, as dramatic as it is refined: a sweeping draped cape and gown in flamingo pink silk gazar, the fitted bodice shimmering with silver, sequins and pearls.<\/p>\n\n
The Antwerp Six, MoMu-Fashion Museum Antwerp, Belgium<\/h2>\n
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31 March 2026 \u2013 17 January 2027<\/h2>\n\n
MoMu is celebrating 40 years of the Antwerp Six\u2014Dirk Bikkembergs, Ann Demeulemeester, Walter Van Beirendonck, Dries Van Noten, Dirk Van Saene, and Marina Yee\u2014with a unique exhibition this month and beyond. Tracing back the extraordinary journey of these visionary designers, the exhibition will honour the \u201cenduring legacy and profound influence on the art of fashion\u201d. From archival pieces to their comprehensive history, you\u2019ll learn why their unique designs continue to influence international fashion today.<\/p>\n\n
Costume Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City<\/h2>\n
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10 May 2026 \u2013 10 January 2027<\/h2>\n\n
The Costume Institute\u2019s spring 2026 exhibition will explore the centrality of the dressed body by pairing garments with artworks to illuminate the intrinsic relationship between clothing and the body. Concentrating on Western art from prehistory to the present, Costume Art<\/em> creates dialogues between fashion pieces and objects from across the Museum\u2019s departments, exploring connections ranging from formal to conceptual, aesthetic to political, individual to universal, illustrative to symbolic, and playful to profound. These pairings are arranged through thematic interpretations of the body that demonstrate their persistence across time and cultures.<\/p>\n\n
The Women of Ren\u00e9 Bouch\u00e9, Acne Paper Palais Royal, Paris<\/h2>\n
Remembered as Vogue\u2019s fashion artist, Ren\u00e9 Bouch\u00e9, was admired for his experimental elegance with illustrations\u2014capturing beauty and the quiet depiction of women\u2019s lives. To honour the artist, Acne Paper will be displaying 70 portrait drawings from Ren\u00e9 Bouch\u00e9 Studio Archive. For decades, these works rested quietly in portfolios at the home of the artist\u2019s widow, Denise Bouch\u00e9\u2014preserved and unseen. Curated by Dean Rhys-Morgan, this exhibition brings them together for the first time since Bouch\u00e9\u2019s final exhibition at the Alexander Iolas Gallery in 1957. Together, they form a breathtaking image of women\u2014notable figures, aviators, patrons, collectors, society hostesses and international personalities\u2014who stood at the very heart of mid-twentieth-century cultural and social life.<\/p>\n\n
Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style, The King\u2019s Gallery, London<\/h2>\n
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10 April \u2013 18 October<\/h2>\n\n
In the year Queen Elizabeth would have turned 100 years old, the King\u2019s Gallery celebrates it with a historical exhibition showcasing the remarkable style of Britain\u2019s longest-reigning monarch. The Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style will <\/i>feature about 200 items, with three world-renowned British designers\u2014Erdem Moralioglu, Richard Quinn and Christopher Kane contributing pieces to the gallery. The exhibition will highlight rarely seen and never-before-displayed items from the late Queen\u2019s wardrobe, worn throughout her life, from her christening robe to wedding and coronation dresses. Archival Jewellery, hats, shoes and accessories will also make an appearance, emphasising the relevance and significance of British fashion.<\/p>\n\n
Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses, Brooklyn Museum, New York<\/h2>\n
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16 May \u2013 6 December<\/h2>\n\n
Bringing together more than 140 haute couture creations, the Iris van Herpen: Sculpting The Senses<\/i> exhibition pays homage to one of today\u2019s most revolutionary fashion designers. Evoking a nebulous sense of artistry, the showcase integrates the museum\u2019s art and science collection with contemporary works using art, design and scientific artefacts to bridge the gap between the atelier and the laboratory\u2014between nature and technology. A visionary who pushes relentlessly against the boundaries of what fashion can be, this exhibition shows us avant-garde designs that depict how Iris van Herpen defied the limits of fashion while giving a glimpse inside her artistic process, imagination and inspiration.<\/p>\n\n
Cartier Melbourne Winter Masterpieces 2026, National Gallery Victoria, Melbourne<\/h2>\n
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12 June \u2013 4 October<\/h2>\n\n
Through an illustrative and theatrical spectacle, Cartier is tracing the evolution of the Maison\u2019s enduring legacy in art, design and savoir-faire. With more than 300 extraordinary objects\u2014from precious jewels and historic gemstones to iconic watches and clocks \u2014the \u201cCartier Melbourne Winter Masterpieces 2026\u201d exhibition will showcase iconic pieces such as the panther brooch, the Tank watch, and the mystery clock, all under one roof. Even design drawings from the Cartier archives will illuminate the halls of the National Gallery of Victoria. Wandering through the gallery, you\u2019ll see that the variety and extent of the collection tell you no one can do it like Cartier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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