©The Kyoto Costume Institute, photo by Naoya Hatakeyama
The thrust of KCI's work in this area is the organization of exhibitions focused on themes of fashion, held at museums around the world. KCI handles the planning and opening of such exhibitions, producing timely overviews of clothing from different perspectives.
The major exhibitions organized by KCI in collaboration with the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, and other museums－including Revolution in Fashion, Japonism in Fashion, Visions of the Body, Fashion in Colors, etc.－have engendered new interest in fashion exhibitions in Japan, leading a national trend.
Evolution of Fashion
Apr.-Jun. 1980, at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto in cooperation with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
©The Kyoto Costume Institute, photo by Taishi Hirokawa
Evolution of Fashion
The Undercover Story
Nov. 1982-May 1983, at the Galleries at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
Oct. 1983, at the Harajuku Laforet Museum, Tokyo
Nov. 1983, at the Karasuma Hall, Kyoto
©The Kyoto Costume Institute, photo by Masayuki Hayashi
The Undercover Story
Mariano Fortuny 1871-1949
Nov. 1985, at the Spiral Hall, Tokyo
©The Kyoto Costume Institute, photo by Masayuki Hayashi
Mariano Fortuny
Revolution in Fashion 1715-1815
Apr.-May 1989, at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Ancient Regime
Nov. 1989-Feb. 1990, at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
Élégances et Modes en France au XVⅢème Siècle
Nov. 1991-Oct. 1992, at the Musée des Arts de la Mode et du Textile au Louvre, Paris
©The Kyoto Costume Institute, photo by Naoya Hatakeyama
Revolution in Fashion
FLAIR: Fashion collected by Tina Chow
Sep. -Oct. 1992, at the Wacoal Kohjimachi Building, Tokyo
Essence of Quality or Comme des Garçons
Jun. 1993, at the Wacoal Kohjimachi Building, Tokyo
Japonism in Fashion
Apr. -Jun. 1994, at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Japonisme et Mode
Apr.-Aug. 1996, at the Musée de la Mode et du Costume, Paris (Palais Gariella)
Japonism in Fashion, Tokyo
Sep. -Nov. 1996, at TFT Hall, Tokyo
Japonism in Fashion, USA
Apr. -Jun. 1998, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
Dec. 1998-Feb. 1999, at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn
Japonism in Fashion, New Zealand
Jul. -Oct. 2003, at the Museum of New Zealand, Te papa Tongarewa, Wellington
Dec. 2003-Mar. 2004, at the Christchurch Art Gallery, Te Puna O Waiwhetu, Christfhurch
©The Kyoto Costume Institute, photo by Naoya Hatakeyama
Japonism in Fashion
Visions of the Body
Apr. -Jun. 1999, at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Aug. -Nov. 1999 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
©The Kyoto Costume Institute, photo by Naoya Hatakeyama
Visions of the Body
Visions of the Body 2005
Jun.-Jul. 2005, at the Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
Fashion in Colors: VIKTOR&ROLF&KCI
Apr. -Jun. 2004, at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Aug.-Dec. 2004, at the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
©The Kyoto Costume Institute, photo by Naoya Hatakeyama
Fashion in Colors
Fashion in Colors
Dec. 2005-Mar. 2006, at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York
Modachrome
May. -Sep. 2007, at the Museo del Traje, Madrid
Stylized Scalpture
Oct. 2007 -Jan. 2008, at the Asian Art Museum
©Hiroshi Sugimoto
Stylized Sculpture
Luxury in fashion Reconsidered
Apr. -May. 2009, at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Oct. 2009 -Jan. 2010, at Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
©The Kyoto Costume Institute, photo by Naoya Hatakeyama
Luxury in fashion Reconsidered
Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion
Oct. 2010 -Feb. 2011, at the Barbican Art Gallery, London
March -June. 2011, at Haus der Kunst, Munich
©Lyndon Douglas Future Beauty
Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion
A Vision of Fashion
June -Sep. 2011, Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto
©The Kyoto Costume Institute
A Vision of Fashion
