Museum of Fine Arts, Houston extends popular ‘Louvre Couture’ fashion show for two extra weeks

Good news for fashion lovers, and fine art lovers, and Houston parents looking for activities to entertain school-age children during spring break. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, has announced an extension of its wildly well-attended recent show, “Louvre Couture at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.”

Originally scheduled to be viewed through March 15, the exhibition will now remain open in Houston for two additional weeks, through March 29.

The Louvre Museum’s inaugural fashion exhibition, “Louvre Couture,” won over international audiences in Paris earlier last year. Two of the show’s biggest fans include MFAH director Gary Tinterow and curator Christine Gervais, who flew to the City of Light in March 2025 to see it in person. They returned spellbound and with a grand idea.

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“Louvre Couture at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston” opened Nov. 19 with a carefully edited adaptation of its French predecessor. The original featured more than 100 looks. Houston’s rendition counts 36 outfits and accessories from 23 fashion houses, presented alongside works from MFAH’s collection. Several sartorial pieces were not previously shown in Paris.

Perhaps the most magical and surprising aspects of the show are the various, unexpected connections to Houston and Texas. Like the Schiaparelli haute couture dress designed by Plano native Daniel Roseberry worn by Beyoncé.

Gabet points out that the biggest difference between “Louvre Couture” in Paris and Houston is that the former is narrower in physical space but broader in selection.

“Here, we’ve created more of a promenade with fashion acting as a bridge,” he says, standing beside the crimson and white toile, chintz curtain and embroidered gown from Erdem’s ready-to-wear spring/summer 2024, which greets patrons fresh off the Beck Building’s level 2 escalator and elevator. “It’s not meant to be systematic, but an opportunity to rediscover the (MFAH) collection. Even if you don’t care about art, which is sad, you can re-experience it through fashion.”

There is no wrong way to experience “Louvre Couture at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,” though there is a recommended route. Why? Perhaps it’s best to start on the right foot – all puns intended.

A towering, 12-inch-tall platform shoe, “Death in Venice” (1995) from the archives of Maison Christian Louboutin is on level 2 of the Audrey Jones Beck Building. It’s near what show organizers have described as a corridor containing multiple pièces des résistance.

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