Collections

Collections of the Galliera museum are very rich. With that, it displays exhibits of French fashion design and costume from the 18th century to the present day.

There are a lot of costumes including clothes owned by Marie Antoinette, Louis XVII, or the Empress Josephine. There are also film costumes like the dress of Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), and pieces of clothes by the leading 19th and 20th century designers: Balenciaga, Pierre Balmain, Anne Marie Beretta, Madeleine Chéruit, Sonia Delaunay, Christian Dior, Jean Paul Gaultier, Givenchy, Paul Poiret, paco Rabanne, Yves Saint Laurent, Elsa Schiaparelli...

There are undergarments like an excellent collection of slips, corsets, crinolines... A lot of accessories are preserved like jewelry, canes, hats, fans, purses, scarves, gloves (including a pair owned by Sarah Bernhardt), umbrellas... Finally, we have graphic arts and photography (stamps, drawings, photography, advertisements... )