FENDI Revives Karl Lagerfeld’s Landmark 1985 Exhibition in Rome

11 Jul 2026

Italian luxury maison FENDI is presenting “After – Steps Through Work / Karl Lagerfeld 1985” at the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Rome. The exhibition runs from July 10 through October 25, 2026.

Conceived by Chief Creative Officer Maria Grazia Chiuri, the exhibition reconstructs, as faithfully as possible, “Steps Through Work. FENDI / Karl Lagerfeld 1985,” originally staged at the same museum in 1985.

Nearly four decades later, the project revisits a pioneering exhibition created at a time when presenting a fashion house within a museum context was still far from conventional.