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Screenwear exhibition highlights short but complex history of digital fashion

With the launch of Metaverse Fashion Week in March and the array of virtual campaigns being led by brands throughout the industry, it is fair to say that digital fashion is currently at the centre of conversation. As it continues to grow, those unfamiliar with the concept have begun to question: “Why does this relate to me?” It is this query...

17 Oct 2022

Culture

Paris museum set to honour Iris van Herpen in upcoming exhibition

The Musée des Arts Décoratifs has announced its roster of upcoming exhibitions to take place over the course of 2023 and 2024, including a retrospective of Iris van Herpen. Scheduled from November 29, 2023, to April 28, 2024, the Paris museum will pay tribute to the Dutch designer through an immersive exhibition revolving around eight themes...

30 Aug 2022

Culture

Seattle NFT Museum launches exhibition on fashion’s place in the blockchain

The Seattle NFT Museum has unveiled the topic of its upcoming exhibition, ‘Pixel and Thread’, set to take place between September 9 and November 3. “In this exhibition, we set out to highlight creators and collectives that are making bold expressions of fashion and new representations of ‘brand’ on the blockchain,” said Joana Kawahara Lino,...

29 Aug 2022

Business

CFDA partners with Crystal Bridges Museum on scholarship award

The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) has announced a new partnership with Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art that will see it introduce a new scholarship for those studying in the US. As part of the collaboration, the CFDA said it will be hosting virtual school and student engagements to guide participants. Applications for the...

8 Jul 2022

Culture |In Pictures

Fashion for Good’s new exhibition explores the future of fashion week through a new era

Amsterdam’s Fashion for Good Museum has opened a new exhibition dissecting fashion weeks, looking into their impact on the industry and what the future could look like for them. ‘Fashion Week: A New Era’ explores the beginnings of fashion week, moving through time via iconic runway looks, with designs from the likes of Balenciaga, Versace and...

20 May 2022

Culture

V&A reveals more on Africa Fashion exhibition, featuring 45 designers

London’s V&A Museum has revealed more details on its upcoming Africa Fashion exhibition, which is set to highlight 45 designers from over 20 countries, making it the UK’s most extensive exhibition of African fashion to date. Scheduled to open its doors on July 2, the exhibition will display over 250 objects, including 70 new acquisitions. These...

3 Feb 2022

Culture

Key Dates in Yves Saint Laurent Life

Ahead of the opening of museums in Paris and Marrakesh dedicated to the work of Yves Saint Laurent, here are some milestones in the life of the fashion icon. Starting out • He is born on August 1, 1936 in Algeria's Mediterranean city of Oran and named Yves Mathieu-Saint-Laurent. • In his late teens, he moves to Paris in 1954 to study design and...

28 Sept 2017

CultureFeatured

Museums give peek into secret world of Yves Saint Laurent

Yves Saint Laurent was one of greatest yet most private fashion designers of the 20th century. Now only weeks after the death of his partner and lover Pierre Berge, the hard-nosed business brain behind the legend and the keeper of the flame, some of the creator's innermost secrets are coming to light. The first of two new museums dedicated to...

28 Sept 2017

CultureFeatured

‘Christian Dior, Dream Couturier’ opens at Musée Les Arts Décoratifs

A huge show about the fabled French fashion house Christian Dior which opens Wednesday has had a galaxy of stars making the pilgrimage to Paris. With Hollywood actresses Jennifer Lawrence, Kirsten Dunst and Kristen Stewart already in town for the label's haute couture show, Stewart's "Twilight" co-star Robert Pattinson queued with models Bella...

5 Jul 2017