A Century of San Francisco Style

Explore the history of San Francisco through fashion. Featuring one of the most iconic collections of 20th- and 21st-century women’s clothing in the United States, this exhibition includes 100 collection highlights, along with local loans of high fashion and haute couture. The first major presentation of our costume collection in over 35 years, it showcases designs from French couturiers, Japanese avant-garde designers, and other pillars of the fashion industry, including Christian Dior, Alexander McQueen, Christopher John Rogers, Comme des Garçons, and Rodarte. The designs on view, many never shown before, reflect San Francisco’s long-standing tradition of self-expression through fashion.

This is a fun exhibit, with some crazy ensembles! Stop in at the Virtual experience on the main floor to snap some photos of you and your companions in a few choice designer pieces.

If time allows, also check out the Irving Penn photographs downstairs — he snapped some of the very same designers!

We recommend the All Access ticket at Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.