MoMu – ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen

Expectations were high coming here so hence the 3 stars. We expected more with this museum — more exhibits or a permanent display, but there was only 1 rotating exhibit floor and a small exhibit of art students work on one wall (as of April 2014).
The current feather exhibit is great however. The collection spanned quite a few designers and time. From YSL who arguably started the haute couture theme of feathers in high fashion to Marlene Dietrich’s down feather jacket that took the down from 350+ geese and looks like fur, to contemporary LV, Chanel and more.
So price was € 20 for family of 4, which was reasonable, but again was hoping for more of a curated museum with permanent relevant themes, instead of just a rotating gallery.
As long as you know what you will get by coming here, then I highly recommend the current feather exhibit!

What a disappointment! I only went because a friend that we were visiting the city with was really interested in going and she insisted that, «hey, you might be surprised.» I was surprised — it was sucha rip-​off!
Entry price was 8 euros. For 4 floors (or was it 5), only two had any displays — the main floor with a bunch of old dresses and old videos, then the bottom floor with a few costumes done by 3^rd year fashion students. There were no special exhibitions or anything.
Also, we were told that we could go to the basement and store our coats, bags, etc. in the lockers there. One of the ladies in our group kept her hand bag and on the floor with the dresses, etc. the young man told her that she had to put it in the locker. She asked why and he got annoyed and raised his voice. She couldn’t have stolen one of those dresses and fitted it into her bag if she wanted to.
I guess you have to be a fashion fanatic to enjoy such a museum.

It’s a museum devoted to fashion, just how interesting can this place be?
How about 4 and one half stars and a bag of chips interesting!
My wife and our friend had this place marked for a visit for weeks. I could have opted out, but my niece is a fashion nut and even writes her own fashion blog (which by the way is excellent and if you want the link just ask me) and thought it would be cool to snap a cool pics for her.
I walked in thinking «meh», but left completely blown away. This place is like walking into a time machine. Who knew that you could tie fashion with history and make it interesting? The exhibits combine, video, vintage photographs, fashion displays along with a brief description of what was happening in the world at the time and puts you in that time and place.
The museum is nicely put together and not at all overwhelming. The guide information is well written, but really is not needed as the description of each exhibit speaks for itself. If you are at all interested in history, or have a couple of hours to kill I would highly recommend you pay a visit here.

Being in Antwerp, the hub of Belgian fashion, home to Dries van Noten, Ann Demeulemeester, Maison Martin Margiela to name a few, I was obviously excited to visit the MoMu Fashion museum. We were able to get in with our Antwerpen city card.
The top floor of the museum is occupied by the fashion school. We went to see their special yarn exhibit in 2011; It was quite interesting, as there were intricate pieces from various periods; however, there were no other exhibits except a small one downstairs by one of the students of the fashion school.
Overall, I was a bit disappointed as I thought there would more material/​exhibits from the classic Belgian designers. This is a beautiful building, and should be put to full use.

Lieu incontournable dans le paysage culturel anversois, ce musée offre a ses visiteurs des expos temporaires de grande qualité. J’aime venir m’y balader même si je né suis pas trop friand de tout ce qui se passé dans le monde de la mode.
Je me souviens d’une très belle expositions sur des robes en papier qui m’avait beaucoup étonné. Il faut également faire un tour par le book shop car le choix est très vaste et les prix pas trop élevés.
Né l’oublions pas, Anvers est la capitale belge de la mode !