Statement Pieces” marks the prestigious museum’s first foray into fashion, with a sprawling exhibition dedicated to the relationship between designers and art.

The world’s largest art museum turns its eye to fashion for the first time in its 231-year-history with a “joyful” multi-designer exhibition.

Louvre Couture”, the first fashion exhibition at the famed Paris museum in its 231-year history, features 45 fashion houses and designers – from Cristobal Balenciaga to Iris Van Herpen.

T hough fashion and the decorative arts often use the same methods and craftsmanship (what the French call savoir-faire), work from the same knowledge of ancestral techniques, and