And in March, Louvre-Lens, the satellite Louvre museum in northern France ... the apartments of Emperor Napoleon III. The 40-foot-high Salon-Theatre oozes magnificent excess with crystal ...

PARIS — The world’s most visited art museum, the Louvre ... which are the only garments in the Louvre’s collections. The order was established by King Henry III in the 16th century and ...

Coinciding with the kickoff of Paris Haute Couture Week, the Louvre opened its doors to “Louvre Couture: Art Objects, Fashion Objects ” on January 24th—marking the first major fashion ...

Louis XVI was all set to transform his ancestral palace into a museum before ... his nephew Napoleon III completed. And 40 years ago, Francois Mitterrand undertook the Grand Louvre that we know ...

and the nineteenth century—Louvre Couture is spread across the museum, from the decorative arts galleries in the Richelieu and Sully Wings to the Napoleon III apartments, placing fashion pieces ...

Here, a 2008 Jean Paul Gaultier gown looks right at home in the museum's elaborate Napoleon III apartments. Should you be in a position to hop on over to the continent (lucky you), "Louvre Couture ...

The Louvre's buildings are reaching a "worrying ... As for the recently restored Napoleon III apartments, the absence of air conditioning means they have to be closed during increasingly frequent ...

Unlike the Met, the Louvre is not a private museum but a hierarchical ... the apartments of Emperor Napoleon III. The 40-foot-high Salon-Theatre oozes magnificent excess with crystal chandeliers ...

LOUVRE COUTURE Art and fashion exhibition Paris ... From the intricate tapestries of the Middle Ages to the opulence of Napoleon III’s salons, every room becomes a stage where art and fashion play off ...