How you dress—whether you select a floral cape, a stern suit, or a pair of sweatpants—tells the world something about your class, character, politics, job, dreams. In “Dress Code,” the exhibition that made waves in Japan last year, fashion, aesthetics, and the semiotics behind daily choices and transformations are explored through hundreds of works by contemporary designers and artists. —E.C.

Dress Code: Are You Playing Fashion?
Bundeskunsthalle
Helmut-Kohl-Allee 4, 53113 Bonn, Germany
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