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Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

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Sep 10, 2025 - Jan 4, 2026

Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat & Sun

Description

The first exhibition to explore the cultural history of fashion and psychoanalysis, Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis draws on the body, sexuality, and the unconscious to interpret almost 100 items of dress by designers including Azzedine Alaia, Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, Willy Chavarria, Bella Freud, John Galliano for Christian Dior, Jean Paul Gaultier, Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons, Alexander McQueen, Thierry Mugler, Rick Owens, Olivier Rousteing for Balmain, Sonia Rykiel, Elsa Schiaparelli, Jeremy Scott for Moschino, Jun Takahashi of Undercover, Gianni and Donatella Versace, Viktor & Rolf, Grace Wales Bonner, Vivienne Westwood, and Yohji Yamamoto.

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Location

Museum at The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT)

Seventh Ave. at 27th St. Manhattan, NY, 10001

Features

Cost
Free
Seasonal
Fall
Type
Museums
Culture & History
Accessibility
Large Print
Wheelchair Accessible

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