Tadashi

Shoji exploring what the museum calls “the most controversial garment in fashion history.”

The retrospective also touches on social themes, with highlights from “A Queer History of Fashion: From the Closet to the Catwalk”, from 2013. “It was really the first significant exhibition of LGBTQ influence on fashion,” Steele says. “We thought we would just begin with the mid-20th century, but it turns out that gays and lesbians had a big impact on fashion as early as the 18th century, as trendsetters.”

Also represented is “Black Fashion