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Grace Wales Bonner to curate an exhibition at MoMA

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York has announced that London-based fashion designer Grace Wales Bonner will curate an exhibition opening in November. Wales Bonner will bring together 50 artworks from MoMA’s collection that explore forms of black style, gesture, performance, and sounds of the African diaspora as part of the museum’s ‘...

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Vans and MoMA collaborate on footwear and apparel collection

Action sports brand, Vans is collaborating with The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) on a special edition footwear and apparel collection celebrating the New York museum’s collection and prominent artists. There will be two drops in the collaboration featuring artists Salvador Dalí, Vasily Kandinsky, Claude Monet, Edvard Munch, Jackson Pollock,...

Fashion

Uniqlo launches UT Grand Prix 2020 T-Shirt Design competition

Uniqlo, the Japanese international retailer, announced today the launch of the UT Grand Prix 2020 T-shirt design competition (UTGP 2020 + MoMA). The competition accepts entries from all around the world. In this 15th edition of the competition, the theme is: Draw Your World. Inspired by New York's famous Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), UTGP 2020...

Culture

Exhibit at New York's MoMA looks at iconic garments

The Museum of Modern Art is staging an exhibit of iconic clothing and accessories to examine the relationship between fashion and society. On display are 111 high-impact items like Levi's 501 jeans, the little black dress, the sari, the pearl necklace and even tattoos -- all part of the cultural heritage of the West and elsewhere in this century...