New York, Paris: Schiaparelli, Prada, Louis Vuitton and Marc Jacobs

Fashion is an individual undertaking and a collaborative effort woven together across distance and time. This article reviews two fashion exhibitions: ‘Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations’ at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art from 10 May to 19 August 2012, and ‘Louis Vuitton–Marc Jacobs’ at Paris’ Les Arts Decoratifs from 9 March to 16 September 2012. Each exhibition threaded one contemporary designer with a designer and a fashion forebear. The reviews are, in the spirit of the fashion exhibitions they discuss, individual yet collaborative undertakings.