Tag: Fashion

Yves Saint Laurent Museum opens in Marrakesh

Fashion lovers are flocking to the new Yves Saint Laurent museum in Marrakesh, the sunny Moroccan city beloved by the late designer, who was born and grew up in neighbouring Algeria. The new attraction has opened its doors just three weeks after a museum dedicated to the fashion pioneer was inaugurated in Paris. Situated next…
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17th November 2017
Ettore Sottsass: Design Radical at The Met

When the Memphis design movement debuted its first collection, spectators lined up early on to gawk but, aside from a devoted few (Karl Lagerfeld and David Bowie among them), not necessarily to buy. Now the innovative group’s leader, Ettore Sottsass, has reemerged, inspiring Greenpoint ceramicists, Supreme collaborations, and an exhibit at the Met Breuer from July 21 –…
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11th June 2017
Rei Kawakubo / Comme des Garçons at The Met

The Costume Institute’s spring 2017 exhibition examines the work of fashion designer Rei Kawakubo, known for her avant-garde designs and ability to challenge conventional notions of beauty, good taste, and fashionability. The thematic show features approximately 140 examples of Kawakubo’s womenswear for Comme des Garçons dating from the early 1980s to her most recent collection, many…
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13th May 2017
Mentis Textile Centre [Museum Profile]

Where: Athens (6 Polifimou St, Petralona) In a few words: The Mentis centre for the preservation of traditional textile techniques includes all the merchandise and equipment of the Mentis fibre manufactory, one of the oldest commercial fibre processing plants and producers of passementerie in Greece. Why: For over one-and-a-half century, the products of…
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7th May 2017
Masterworks: Unpacking Fashion at The Met

The Met Costume Institute’s Masterworks: Unpacking Fashion exhibition will feature significant acquisitions of the past 10 years and explore how the department has honed its collecting strategy to amass masterworks of the highest aesthetic and technical quality, including iconic works by designers who have changed fashion history and advanced fashion as an art form. During the…
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22nd November 2016
Martin Margiela The Hermès Years announced at ModeMuseum

A new exhibition will explore the work of Martin Margiela during his Hermès years. Antwerp’s ModeMuseum will be showcasing the collections the Belgian designer created during his time as artistic director of the iconic French brand. Next Spring, MoMu are paying tribute to the visionary work of Martin Margiela during his time heading up the…
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11th November 2016