Style Essential
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ENDURING ELEGANCE
Trends may come and go, but great fashion is always in style. That’s the guiding premise behind the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology’s new permanent collection at their Fashion and Textile History Gallery. Featuring a rotating selection of garments, accessories, and textiles from the museum’s vast archive, it’s the one place in New York City where 18th century couture and cutting-edge Commes des Garçons ready-to-wear coexist side by side. Along with a front-row seat from which to view over 200 years of aesthetic innovations, discerning museum-goers will also find unexpected connections among disparate design eras, bearing out that timeless French maxim: Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.
