A major dose of fashion inspiration – here are the exhibitions you won’t want to miss in 2025!
2025-05-21
As the summer season approaches, we’d like to offer some extra inspiration. In the article below, we present the exhibitions of the year that you shouldn’t miss. Take the opportunity to plan a visit during the year or on your holiday to discover these fantastic and creative exhibitions across the country. If you are also travelling to one of Europe’s fashion capitals like London, Milan or Paris, you’ll find additional tips on fashion and textile exhibitions there too.
British så in i Norden
Where: Nordiska Museet, Stockholm
Date: May 9 – June 7, 2025
This exhibition explores Nordic fashion and lifestyle influenced by Great Britain – from the Middle Ages to today, through fabrics, patterns and clothing.
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Tidens trådar
Where: Dunkers kulturhus, Helsingborg
Date: April 12, 2025 – January 2026
A cultural-historical fashion exhibition reflecting how fashion has evolved through the ages.
Read more here.
“Do You See Me” by Linea Matei
Where: Textile Museum, Borås
Date: May 27 – August 18, 2025
Explores the relationship between viewer and artwork through textile sculptures.
Read more here.
Clothes & Couture
Where: Textile Museum, Borås
Date: Permanent exhibition
This exhibition tells the story of how Swedish everyday fashion was shaped by the couture shows of Paris between the 1930s and 1970s.
Read more here.
Paris
Worth, Inventing Haute Couture
Where: Petit Palais, Paris
Date: Ongoing until September 7, 2025
A retrospective celebrating Charles Frederick Worth, often regarded as the father of haute couture. Featuring magnificent dresses, insights into his studio and collaborations with luxury brands such as Cartier and Louis Vuitton.
Read more here.
Louvre Couture
Where: The Louvre, Paris
Date: January 24 – July 21, 2025
The Louvre presents its first major fashion exhibition exploring the relationship between haute couture and historical masterpieces.
Read more here.
London
Marie Antoinette: Fashion & Legacy
Where: Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Date: September 20, 2025 – March 22, 2026
A complex fashion icon – Marie Antoinette’s timeless allure is defined by style, youth and notoriety. This exhibition spans 250 years of fashion, film and art.
Read more here.
Design and Disability
Where: Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Date: June 20, 2025 – February 15, 2026
Both a tribute and a call to action, the exhibition highlights the groundbreaking contributions that individuals and communities with disabilities, deafness, and neurodivergence have made to design history and contemporary culture, from the 1940s to the present day.
Read more here.
The Art of Mankind
Where: Fashion and Textile Museum, London
Date: 28 March, 2025 – September 7 2025
Curated by textile historian Mary Schoeser, the exhibition explores the deep and multifaceted relationship between textiles and humanity – from prehistoric times to the digital age.
Read more here.
Milano
Giorgio Armani Privé 2005-2025
Where: Via Bergognone, 40, Milano
Date: May 22, 2025 – End of year, 2025
Personally curated by Giorgio Armani, the exhibition presents, for the first time in Milan, garments from the haute couture collection launched in Paris in 2005. These unique creations, with their distinctive style, unite pure form with exquisite craftsmanship in a celebration of beauty. Around 150 dreamlike pieces will be displayed throughout Armani/Silos, in an evocative narrative that highlights their timeless elegance.
Read more here.
