Don-Alvin Adegeest

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Friday, 20 April 2018

Fondazione Prada has announced the opening to the public its new tower, Torre, on 20 April 2018. The Torre marks the completion of the foundation’s Milan venue, designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, with Chris van Duijn and Federico Pompignoli, from architecture firm OMA, and first unveiled in May […]

Danielle Wightman-Stone

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Thursday, 19 April 2018

London’s Victoria and Albert Museum’s (V&A) latest fashion exhibition, Fashioned From Nature explores what it calls the “complex relationship” between fashion and the natural world, highlighting not only how fashion has been inspired by nature, but the industry’s demand for raw materials, the environmental […]

Jackie Mallon

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Thursday, 19 April 2018

REVIEW New York - The man, the myth, the legend that is Martin Margiela has inspired a level of fandom in the fashion industry usually reserved for musicians who’ve died too soon. It has only surged since he stepped away from his eponymous company almost ten years ago. While an exhibition in Paris currently […]

Danielle Wightman-Stone

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Monday, 09 April 2018

Hugo Boss has been confirmed as the title sponsor of the National Portrait Gallery’s upcoming Michael Jackson exhibition in June, which will feature the singer’s influence over fashion, music, dance and contemporary art. To celebrate the sponsorship, Hugo Boss will design selected pieces inspired by […]

Sara Ehlers

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Thursday, 29 March 2018

Fashion designer Eileen Fisher has recently decided to unveil an art installation in Milan. During Salone del Mobile, the brand will show as "Waste No More" project to further bring awareness to arising problems in the fashion industry. The installation was co-curated by Li Edelkoort and Philip Fimmano. […]

Don-Alvin Adegeest

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Wednesday, 28 March 2018

Luxury shoemaker Salvatore Ferragamo is launching an exhibition titled 'Italy in Hollywood.' The exhibition will explore Italian migration to California and the influence it had on its film productions and music, particularly the period of 1915 to 1927. Curated by Giuliana Muscio and Stefania Ricci, […]

Sara Ehlers

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Tuesday, 27 March 2018

Cos just announced that it will be announcing a large-scale sculptural installation for next month. The art piece, entitled Open Sky by American artist Phillip K. Smith III, will be open to the public from April 17-22. The installation was inspired by the architecture of Milan and the sky above the […]

Simone Preuss

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Monday, 19 March 2018

BOOK REVIEW There rarely is a book that, upon turning its last page, you want to read again. "Autobiography of a Wardrobe" by American author Elizabeth Kendall is just such a book especially if you are interested in fashion. The book takes the reader on a tour of the fashion of the 1950s through 1980s, […]

AFP

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Tuesday, 27 February 2018

The Vatican will lend around 40 ecclesiastical works to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for an exhibition focusing on the Catholic religion's impact on fashion, organisers said on Monday. Items such as papal rings and crowns worn by various popes from the 18th and 19th centuries will go on […]

AFP

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Tuesday, 13 February 2018

France unveiled a spectacular near half-billion-euro (613-million-US-dollar) overhaul of one of its beloved buildings Monday, driving a new pedestrian boulevard through the Grand Palais in Paris to link the Champs Elysees with the River Seine. Culture Minister Francoise Nyssen said the huge project […]