The Couture Museum cataloguing · rooms open 2026

A working catalogue of couture.

Every garment here is an object record. It lists the maker, the date, the material, and the museum the fact comes from. When we can show the piece, we do. When the image is under copyright, we say so and point you to the source.

555 makers · 327 houses · 550 garments · catalogued from 1550 to 2026

Two records from the catalogue
Ref
MET·81112
Date
c. 1872
Maker
House of Worth
Source
The Met · CI
Image
CC0
Silk ball gown by the House of Worth, about 1872

Ball gown

Worth sewed his name into the lining. Before him, dresses were unsigned. That strip of cloth is the reason a catalogue like this can attribute anything at all.

Record at the Met ↗
Ref
MET·942101
Date
2026
Maker
Chanel · Blazy
Source
The Met · CI
Image
restricted
++++ Reference
only
Image under copyright. The record stays here; the picture stays at the source.

Ensemble, spring/summer 2026 haute couture

Matthieu Blazy's first couture for Chanel. We hold the facts and the provenance. We do not host the photograph, because we do not have the rights to it.

Record at the Met ↗
Register · who moved where
2026·07·14Olivier Rousteing to Rabanne, creative director
2026·07·01Pieter Mulier to Versace, chief creative officer
2026·06·21Messina & Rizzo to Moschino, co-creative directors

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