Wednesday, March 31, 2010

March 21: Fondation Pierre Berge-Yves Saint Laurent (Pierre Berge and Yves Saint Laurent Foundation)

Dear Fashionistas;

I know you’re sick of people like me thinking that high fashion is an airheaded, substance-free heap of shiny ridiculousness. So, good for you, setting up an exhibition space to show the works of designers and clothing collections (although charging 7 euro to see two rooms of stuff is just going to solidify your reputation as the type of people who expect us to pay $300 for a pair of underwear).

But… you’re going to have to do a little better. For example, in your current exhibition, which shows off traditional Indian clothing, it sure would help me to take ou more seriously if you included any information about, oh, say, the dates of the clothes, what regions they came from, who owned/ wore them, who made them, etc.

Good job with the spooky rotating manikins, though! Very shiny.

xx, A Paris Museum a Day