New York Fashion Week also heralded the opening of FIT’s (Fashion Institute of Technology) Gothic: Dark Glamour, an exhibition at the school’s museum dedicated to
Gothic inspired Fashion, which contained myriad leather, lace, and corsetry, ranging from historical costumes, to theatrical gowns, and gothic street wear, many of which bear the marks of haute couturiers, like Alexander McQueen, John Galliano, and Jean-Paul Gaultier.

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It took ten years to turn Jorge Yarur Bascuñán’s parents’ home into a museum of fashion

Yarur was an only child born to extremely wealthy parents in the affluent city of Santiago, Chile. Before his parents passed away, he was like any other child of privilege: conflicted in carrying on the family profession (banking), aimless in his own ambitions, and looking for companionship within his imminent materialistic lifestyle. But it was his mother’s impeccable, worldly style that pushed him to save the mint-condition Balenciaga and Dior dresses she accumulated before he was born, and set up shop in his childhood home.

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