TEMPUS
Musée d'Orsay
July 3rd 2025
Runway Show at Musée D'Orsay
TEMPUS is a collection designed by Johanna Acevedo in collaboration with Musee D'Orsay and Espero. The collection embraces an ethical and responsible approach: each piece is crafted from recycled materials or surplus stock from leading luxury houses. These materials are reimagined with care - ribbons sewn together become textiles, leather offcuts are reassembled, metal chains turn into embroidery beads, and handwoven velvet ribbons create entirely new surfaces. The making of the collection united the expertise of several refugees employed by Espero, working closely with designer Joy Acevedo. Each garment is the result of collective effort, storytelling through hands that shape with purpose and emotion.
In harmony with the spirit of the venue, the collection also includes three leather bags, created in collaboration with artisans of the Musée d’Orsay: a master blacksmith, a painting restorer, and a woodworker brought their crafts together to create these one-of-a-kind objects. Each bag handle is hand-sculpted, each detail a bridge between fine craftsmanship and haute couture.
Tempus is a dialogue between past and present, between the architecture of a museum and the living fabric of clothing, between the artisan’s hand and the viewer’s gaze. It is a meditation on identity, transformation, and the enduring poetry of time.
TEMPUS
a documentary by Jean Lecerf and Cristina Suarez Silva
Inaugurated in 1986, the Musée d’Orsay is housed in the former Orsay railway station, built between 1898 and 1900 by Victor Laloux for the 1900 Exposition Universelle.
This Beaux-Arts building, with its vast glass hall and famous clocks, was transformed into a museum in the 1970s by decision of President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing.
The museum showcases Western art from 1848 to 1914, including painting, sculpture, decorative arts, photography, and graphic arts.
It houses the world’s largest collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works, featuring masterpieces by Monet, Manet, Renoir, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Degas, and others. Among its iconic works are:
• Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe
• Olympia
• Bal du moulin de la Galette
• Les Raboteurs de parquet
With nearly 3.2 million visitors in 2022, it is one of the most visited art museums in the world.
On July 3rd 2025, the museum hosted the prestigious TEMPUS fashion show — the result of a meaningful collaboration between Acevedo Paris, Espero France, and the Musée d’Orsay itself — a project that celebrates elegance, art, and innovation by transforming the museum space into a true runway of creativity.