The following museums are some of the earth'southward most important overall collections of historical and gimmicky manner.*

5&A

Victoria & Albert Museum (London, England)

Fashion Museum

Fashion Museum - formerly the Museum of Costume (Bath, England)

Metropolitan Museum of Fine art

newly re-named Anna Wintour Costume Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Fine art (New York, NY)

Musée de la style et du cloth

Museum of Fashion & Textiles (Paris, France)

Palais Galliera

Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris (Paris, France)

Kyoto

Kyoto Costume Institute (Kyoto, Japan)

MFIT

Museum at the Way Institute of Technology (New York, NY)

Museo del Traje

The Costume Museum (Madrid, Spain)

FIDM

Manner Institute of Design & Merchandising Museum (Los Angeles, CA)

1. Victoria & Albert Museum

London, England

Spanning four centuries, the Five&A's Fashion collection is the largest and almost comprehensive collection of apparel in the world. Primal items in the collection include rare 17th-century gowns, 18th-century 'mantua' dresses, 1930s eveningwear, 1960s daywear and mail service-war couture. Plus a growing number of pieces from 21st-century designers.

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2. Way Museum

Bath, England

The Fashion Museum (formerly The Museum of Costume) is one of the world'south peachy museum collections of historic and fashionable clothes. Designated equally a collection of outstanding national significance, the Fashion Museum was recently listed by CNN every bit ane of the globe'south Pinnacle 10 fashion museums.

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iii. Metropolitan Museum of Fine art

New York City, NY

The newly re-named Anna Wintour Costume Center at the Metropolitan Museum of Fine art comprises a collection of more than xxx-five thousand costumes and accessories represents five continents and seven centuries of fashionable dress, regional costumes, and accessories for men, women, and children, from the fifteenth century to the nowadays.

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4. Musée de la Mode et du Material

in the Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Today, the museum occupies 9,000 foursquare meters and displays approximately 6,000 items at any time. Information technology draws from its collections of works representing the history of costume from the French Regency period to the present (16,000 costumes and 35,000 fashion accessories), and textiles from the 7th century onwards (30,000 works), also as examples of interior blueprint, article of furniture, objets d'arts, wallpaper, tapestry, ceramic art, glassware, and toys from the Middle Ages to the present.

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5. Musée Galliera

Paris, France

The collection'south focus is on clothing and costume design, covering key moments in style history and showcasing iconic french designers. The museum'southward collection includes dress and accessories that run the gamut from basic streetwear to haute couture. The 18th Century department is home to one of the world's largest collections of clothing from the Age of Enlightenment.

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half-dozen. Kyoto Costume Plant

Kyoto, Nippon

KCI's collection currently ranges from the 17th century to the present solar day, with holdings of 12,000 items of clothing and 16,000 documents. The institute has received donations from some of today's top designers and fashion houses such every bit Chanel, Christian Dior, Louis Vuitton and was presented with a gift of approximately 1,000 sets of clothing from Comme des Garçons.

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7. MFIT

New York City, NY

Housed at Manhattan's famed Manner Institute of Technology, The Museum at FIT is known for its innovative and award-winning special exhibitions. In July, it earned accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums, the highest national recognition possible for a museum. Founded in the late 1960s, information technology is visited by 100,000 people each twelvemonth. With a permanent collection of 50,000 garments and accessories from the 18th century to the present, the Museum at FIT places an emphasis on "aesthetically and historically significant 'directional' vesture, with an eye toward contemporary avant-garde style.

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8. Museo del Traje

Madrid, Kingdom of spain

An often overlooked museum that has a surprisingly large drove and beautiful exhibitions.

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 9. FIDM

Los Angeles, CA

The museum is located on the basis flooring of the Los Angeles campus of the Way Constitute of Design and Merchandising, and houses a collection of over 12,000 costumes, accessories and textiles from the 18th century through the present day, including film and theater costume. The FIDM Museum also houses the early on Hollywood Costume Drove on loan from the City of Los Angeles, Department of Parks and Recreation. It presents the annual Motion Moving picture Costume Design exhibition at the galleries.

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10. Kent State University Museum

Kent, OH

The Kent Country University Museum welcomes students and the general public to view, report and research from its collection of historic, gimmicky, and world fashions. The collection goes across article of clothing and textiles to also include American glass, piece of furniture, paintings and other decorative arts. The Museum also houses a library of books and historic periodicals defended to manner and decorative arts.

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*This listing does not include collections focused on private designers or types of accessories, even if they are very pop – you can search separately for this, or for more mode museums by region or blazon of collection.

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