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#ArtNetNews: A taste of Paris has made its way to Texas. The Louvre’s second-hottest show of all time,“Louvre Couture,” just opened at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, fresh off the heels of its seven-month run in Paris earlier this year. The exhibition pairs apparel and accessories by top fashion houses from Yves Saint Laurent to Jacquemus with artworks and objects, illustrating how heavily designers draw from art history. “Louvre Couture” marked the Parisian museum’s first fashion exhibition in its 231-year history. More than one million people attended—just 12,000 less than the count for their record-holding “Leonardo Da Vinci” exhibition in 2019. Olivier Gabet, the Louvre’s director of decorative arts, conceptualized “Louvre Couture” upon joining the museum in 2022—after nearly a decade at next door’s Musée des Arts Décoratifs, home to the French state’s fashion collection. Read more: bit.ly/4ptaN58 Article by Vittoria Benzine _______ Pictured: A Giambattista Valli haute couture gown from 2018, with a Louis Comfort Tiffany stained glass piece from 1905 behind it. Courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.