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The Couture Museum, a Catalogue with Provenance

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A working catalogue of couture garments, recording makers, dates, materials, and source museums across 550 objects from 1550 to 2026.

Why it surfaced

This is fashion history presented as an evidence trail: records point back to institutions such as The Met, distinguish CC0 images from restricted ones, and explain what can—and cannot—be reproduced. Its small sample moves from a c. 1872 House of Worth ball gown to Matthieu Blazy's first couture for Chanel, giving the catalogue both historical depth and an active editorial pulse.

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