NEW YORK

Arbiters of Style: Women at the Forefront of Fashion - The Museum at FIT, through 11/8. A celebration of women designers, promoters and clients that have shaped the course of fashion. Ready-to-wear and accessories are featured, as are personal pieces from influential customers, magazine editors, muses and models.
www.fitnyc.edu/museum

Chanel Mobile Art Exhibit - Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 10/20 - 11/9. Twenty artists were commissioned to create works based around Chanel’s archive of iconic handbags. Don’t miss Zaha Hadid’s mobile, collapsible exhibition pod that will travel from Hong Kong to Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles, London, Moscow and Paris over the course of two years.
www.chanel-mobileart.com

PARIS

Valentino: Themes et Variations - Musee des Arts Decoratifs, through 9/21. Over 200 striking garments are featured, summarizing the designer’s influential 45- year career.
www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr

LONDON

The House of Viktor & Rolf - Barbican Art Gallery, through 9/21. A retrospective that focuses on their past collections with 50 porcelain dolls wearing Viktor & Rolf outfits inside an immense doll house created by architect Siebe Tettero.
www.barbican.org.uk