Dress code : are you playing fashion?

A visit to Kyoto in September offered a unique opportunity to study the exhibition of ninety iconic design pieces from the Kyoto Costume Institute (KCI) collection, where the attendees compete with fashion on display. The exhibition Dress Code: Are You Playing Fashion? (August 2019–February 2020) is a collaboration between KCI, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, and the Contemporary Art Museum in Kumamoto. It brings together historical and contemporary fashion including eighteenth century court dress and current street culture, alongside fashion’s depiction in art, photography, film, and manga to examine how clothing communicates in contemporary society and the era of social media