Rick Owens

Photo by Eileen Costa. © 2016 The Museum at FIT

Photo by Eileen Costa. © 2016 The Museum at FIT

Photograph © Zach Hilty/BFA.com

Photograph © Zach Hilty/BFA.com

When Rick Owens told me that La Mode retrouvée was “one of my all-time favorite museum shows since I’ve lived in Paris,” I asked him to lend one of his own dresses to Proust’s Muse and to explain why he was so attracted to an exhibition of the dresses of the Countess Greffulhe. He explained, “I have long been a fan of Count Robert de Montesquiou, but it wasn’t until I saw this show that I was aware of his relationship with the Countess Greffulhe. They both shared a taste for the exquisite and the discipline to pursue perfection to an intense degree.”
~ Valerie Steele


Proust’s Muse, The Countess Greffulhe runs through January 7, 2016 at The Museum at FIT in NYC.


Rick Owens
Ensemble, fall/winter 2015
Wool, nylon, cotton, viscose, silk, leather
Lent by Rick Owens

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This exhibition was developed by the Palais Galliera, Fashion Museum of the City of Paris, Paris Musées.

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