The LSU Textile & Costume Museum (TCM) is the grateful recipient of approximately 700 exceptional artifacts from The Valentine Museum of Richmond, Virginia. This acquisition includes a wide assortment of designer fashions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries from both European and American designers. Included in the vast gift are couture garments by Jeanne Paquin, Christian Dior, Jeanne Lanvin, Charles Fredrick Worth, among others, as well as examples of lesser-known American fashion designers such as Anne Fogarty, Ceil Chapman, Nettie Rosenstein, Stephen Burrows, Elizabeth Hawes, and Willi Smith. This remarkable and priceless gift elevates TCM holdings to be on par with other leading university collections. 

The Sylvia R. Karasu, M.D. Geoffrey Beene Archive

TCM holds a substantial collection of fashion designed by native Louisianian Geoffrey Beene (1924-2004), originally from Haynesville, LA. Sylvia R. Karasu, M.D. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine, an ardent collector of Mr. Beene's, donated approximately 300 pieces, establishing TCM as one of the world's leading archives of Geoffrey Beene garments, accessories, and original sketches. Mr. Beene was among the most excellent American fashion designers of all time, winning the Coty American Fashion Critics' Award a record eight times. The archive is a point of pride for the museum and TCM is committed to preserving Mr. Beene's legacy of beauty and craftsmanship for generations to come.

Acadian Textile Collection