Fashion has a role as a receptacle for LOVE: the passions and aspirations of the wearer. Driven by those emotions, we may be motivated to wear something that we like, be inspired by someone’s look, want to be ourselves, or just want to lose ourselves. Fashion opens up a colorful world, like a kaleidoscope.
This exhibition is based on clothes and other fashion items from the eighteenth century to the present day. In conjunction with art that throws light on fundamental human drives and instincts, the exhibits encourage us to ponder the various forms of ‘Love’ that can be seen in relation to fashion.
Dress (robe à la française) ,1775 (fabric: 1760s)
© The Kyoto Costume Institute, photo by Takashi Hatakeyama
