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Fashion Museums from NYC to LA, Paris and More

NEW YORK (AP).- Boohoo, so you didn’t get a front-row seat for New York Fashion Week! Fortunately, for fashionistas who love couture but can’t afford to buy it, there are many museums in the U.S. and abroad where you can get your fashion fix without presenting credentials at the door. Fashion museums and costume institutes offer close-up looks at contemporary designers and cutting-edge trends, as well as classic styles and fashion history. These collections of clothing, accessories and textiles can be found not only in style capitals like New York, Los Angeles and Paris, but also in unexpected places like Indianapolis and Antwerp, Belgium. In Manhattan, a gem that deserves to be better known — especially among tourists with an interest in fashion — is The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, at 27th Street and Seventh Avenue in the trendy Chelsea neighborhood, http://fitnyc.edu/3662.asp. The Museum at FIT hosts special exhibits as well as a rotating themed s