TFA.Fashionable Dress In 1877, the MFA received its first gift of costume: an 18th-century brocaded court gown donated by Italian art dealer Alessandro Castellani. Since then the Museum has collected thousands of examples of fashion and fashion accessories by many of the world’s most significant designers. The Textile and Fashion Arts department collects menswear, 20th-century haute couture, fashion exploring technology and innovation, and work by contemporary and emerging designers. /internal/media/dispatcher/1143508/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail "Colin Maillard" ensemble Spring 1987 Christian Lacroix 2010.387.1-7 547824 /internal/media/dispatcher/961833/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Court dress about 1830 43.1650 120381 /internal/media/dispatcher/990410/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Dress about 1805 1989.347 127098 /internal/media/dispatcher/1440619/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Dress Spring/Summer 2010 Alexander McQueen CBE 2015.153 611860 /internal/media/dispatcher/1155003/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Evening dress Summer 1939 Elsa Schiaparelli 2009.5027.1-2 547799 /internal/media/dispatcher/1824884/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Evening Dress 1956 Christian Dior 1984.562a-b 584109 /internal/media/dispatcher/1561285/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Knotted jacket and trousers, high top shoes Autumn/Winter 2013–2014 Rei Kawakubo 2017.4415.1-4 665582 /internal/media/dispatcher/961838/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Reception or dinner dress about 1883 Charles Frederick Worth 46.199a-b 443749 /internal/media/dispatcher/1224419/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail "Wave" dress 2011 Isabel Toledo 2011.2057 557807 /internal/media/dispatcher/821973/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Woman's Day Ensemble about 1906 53.167a-b 583705 /internal/media/dispatcher/1199436/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Woman's dress 1927 House of Chéruit 2009.4627 530323 /internal/media/dispatcher/1188566/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Woman's dress 1976 Gnyuki Torimaru 2010.1449 549264 /internal/media/dispatcher/1087776/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Woman's dress: Horizon Blue Dress Fall 1994 Isaac Mizrahi 2008.1583 519961 /internal/media/dispatcher/1091959/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Woman's evening coat 1910–20 Jean-Charles Worth 1997.169 128089 /internal/media/dispatcher/961861/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Woman's evening dress 1966 Geoffrey Beene 2003.378 407813 /internal/media/dispatcher/975999/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Woman's evening dress about 1865 Mme. Roger 46.209a-c 446438 /internal/media/dispatcher/1136558/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Woman's evening dress 1999 John Galliano 2010.228 536925 /internal/media/dispatcher/1143509/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Woman's evening dress Spring/Summer 2005 Olivier Theyskens 2010.388.1-2 547825 /internal/media/dispatcher/961834/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Woman's formal dress About 1735; dress restyled about 1770 43.1871a-c 624112 /internal/media/dispatcher/1074508/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Woman's suit (jacket, blouse, skirt) 1955–60 Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel 2008.316.1-3 518910 /internal/media/dispatcher/925430/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Woman's two-piece day dress early 1850s 2002.697.1-2 421155