PALM SPRINGS, CA.- Palm Springs Art Museum presents Fashioning Architecture: What the Runway Borrows from Architecture, an exhibition that examines architecture as a central force shaping how fashion is presented, experienced, and understood. On view January 31 through June 7, 2026, at the museum’s Architecture and Design Center, Edwards Harris Pavilion, the exhibition explores the intersection of architecture, design, and fashion through the spatial frameworks of the fashion show.

Through videos, photographs, and the voices of industry practitioners, the exhibition examines the sustained relationship between fashion houses and architecture, foregrounding architecture’s role in shaping one of fashion’s most influential moments of presentation.

“Architecture is not a backdrop to the fashion show. It is an active force that shapes movement and meaning,” said Christine Vendredi, JoAnn McGrath Executive Director of Palm Springs Art Museum and exhibition curator. “This exhibition foregrounds architecture as a design language that structures the fashion show and defines how collections are introduced to the world.”

An accompanying exhibition catalogue expands on the themes of the exhibition. Bringing together archival images, contemporary photographs, architectural drawings, and conversations with fashion world veterans, the catalogue offers deeper insight into
architecture’s enduring influence on fashion presentation.

Fashioning Architecture is presented as part of the museum’s Architecture and Design
initiative, through which the museum explores the stories of Southern California modernity and its global influence through architecture and design.

Fashioning Architecture is curated by Christine Vendredi, JoAnn McGrath Executive Director.