If you’re stumped for some ideas for holiday dressing this year, the Cleveland Museum of Art has answers. The just-opened “Renaissance to Runway: The Enduring Fashion Houses” is filled with enough velvets, beading and opulent designs to spark more than a few seasonal wardrobes.

“Fashion as a medium addresses ideas that transcend time, from the past into the present,” according to the museum’s exhibition information. “Through the majestic creations of more than 100 modern and contemporary Italian fashions and accessories in dialogue with Italian fine, decorative and textile arts from the 1400s to the early 1600s, ‘Renaissance to Runway: The Enduring Italian Houses’ examines the art historical inspirations that have fueled the recent creative Italian lexicon.”

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