Coinciding with the gift from art collector Erika Hoffmann, the Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of Decorative Arts) is exhibiting 20 selected items of clothing and accessories from over 20 years of Parisian fashion history.

Broad shoulders, angular cuts and accentuated hips were characteristic features that shaped 1980s fashion. Designers such as Thierry Mugler, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac and Jean-Paul Gaultier left their mark on fashion trends during that period, especially in Paris. Erika Hoffmann’s Parisian fashion collection, which the Kunstgewerbemuseum recently received, reflects this zeitgeist. From everyday clothing to evening wear to avant-garde pieces by Maison Margiela, Hoffmann’s gift encompasses designs from the late 1970s to the early 1990s.

A special exhibition of the Kunstgewerbemuseum – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin