Kusasa usuku olukhulu lwemfashini, usuku esilinda ngalo ngokuphelelwa isineke unyaka nonyaka, lapho silinde osaziwayo kukhaphethi obomvu begqoke izingubo ezimangalisayo.Iphathi iyiphathi yemfashini enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni. I-Costume Institute ye-Metropolitan Museum of Art eNew York isineminyaka engu-70 igubha lo mcimbi.
Lo mkhosi uthathwa njenge-Oscar yemfashini, futhi obaluleke kakhulu embonini yezemfashini. Iqoqa abantu abadumile emhlabeni wonke ngenhloso yokuqoqa iminikelo yalesi sigcinamagugu, esikhetha isikhathi ngasinye indikimba entsha yombukiso nephathi ukuze osaziwayo bagqoke okuhambisana nayo.
Kulo nyaka, kukhethwe isihloko esiyimpikiswano esithinta ukuxhumana phakathi kwemfashini nenkolo, ikakhulukazi iSonto LamaKatolika. Ngakho-ke, amahholo amaningana eMetropolitan Museum azonikelwa ekuboniseni iqoqo lezimpahla zokugqoka kanye nezinsiza ezilethwe ngokukhethekile zivela eVatican, ikakhulukazi ezinqolobaneni zopapa basendulo. Esinye isigaba semnyuziyamu sizogqamisa intshisekelo yabaklami bamanje kwezenkolo njengesikhuthazo semiklamo yabo, ikakhulukazi i-Dolce & Gabbana, i-Versace no-Alexander McQueen.