Visit Museum of Fashion and Textiles for free
Museum of Fashion and Textiles
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Union Centrale des arts décoratifs, 107, rue de Rivoli, Paris 1er
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Free Entry with the Paris Pass
Normal Entry Price: Adult: €9.00
A fascinating collection of textiles and textile-based artwork, the Musée de la Mode et du Textiles collections include 16,000 costumes, 35,000 fashion accessories and 30,000 pieces of textile. A total of over 81,000 works which trace the history of costume from the Regency period to the present-day innovations in textiles can be found here.
In 1948, the Union Française des Arts du Costume was founded on the initiative of the costume historian François Boucher who had the idea of creating a costume museum. The collection soon became one of the largest in the world.
As well as its wealth of historical pieces, the Musée de la Mode et du Textile also has collections of the work of celebrated modern designers such as Paul Poiret, Madeleine Vionnet, Elsa Schiaparelli, Christian Dior, Raoul Dufy, Sonia Delaunay and the embroiderer Rébé.
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