Paris's Palais Galliera museum celebrates 1997, a decisive year in fashion history

Chris Tucker in Luc Besson's "The Fifth Element", 1997. Costume Designer: Jean-Paul Gaultier © Gaumont

An enormous part of a museum's success depends on its curators. At Paris's Palais Galliera fashion museum, curator Alexandre Samson has declared 1997 a year unparalleled in its influence on global fashion. It was the year Jean-Paul Gaultier designed the costumes for Luc Besson’s film "The Fifth Element", Comme des Garçons and Martin Margiela revealed iconic collections and Tom Ford embraced the porno-chic aesthetic at Gucci. We check out a celebration of 1990s audacity at the exhibition "1997 Fashion Big Bang".