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'In the making': an exhibition exploring fashion behind the windows of De Bijenkorf

‘After an eventful year, spring inspires us with an appetite for something new. Something beautiful, something special that is lovingly crafted.’ Under that philosophy, De Bijenkorf presents the window exhibition ‘In the making’ from March 9 to June 9, 2021, according to a press release. De Bijenkorf is a chain of high-end department stores in...

8 Mar 2021

Fashion

Is fast fashion causing ‘Fast Extinction’?

Photographer, Montana Lowery, has created an exhibition entitled ‘Fast Extinction’ at 24 Carnaby Street, to raise awareness of the animals on the critically-endangered list, through fashion photography. The exhibition comprises 15 photographs of models styled in the animal print of each endangered species on the current list, to highlight the...

24 Sep 2020

Culture

First-ever Birkin bag to go on display in new V&A exhibition

The V&A Museum’s next major fashion exhibition will be dedicated to bags and will feature the first-ever made Hermès Birkin bag owned by Jane Birkin, alongside Mulberry handbags worn by Kate Moss and Alexa Chung. The ‘Bags: Inside Out’ exhibition opening on November 21 will showcase almost 300 pieces and will be the UK’s most comprehensive...

15 Sep 2020

Fashion

Countdown to Turkey’s First Digital Exhibition

Digital Exhibitions starts with Shoedex Turkey’s and the World’s first digital shoe exhibition “Shoedex” for shoes, bags and accessories will be held between June 1-3 2020 with the coordination of Republic of Turkey Ministry of Trade and organization of Aegean Leather and Leather Products Exporters Association. The Chairman of Aegean Leather and...

2 Jun 2020

Culture

V&A launches curator tour of Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk exhibition

The V&A museum has launched a series of five films on YouTube that takes viewers on a personal, 30-minute behind-the-scenes tour of its Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk exhibition, which is currently closed to the public due to the coronavirus pandemic. Curator Anna Jackson guides viewers through the exhibition spaces, providing a personal insight into...

21 May 2020

Culture

V&A opens Kimono fashion exhibition

The V&A Museum in London is placing a spotlight on Japan’s most famous fashion garment, the Kimono with its latest fashion exhibition. Entitled ‘Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk’, the exhibition marks Europe’s first major exhibit on the kimono, revealing the sartorial and social significance of kimono from the 1660s to the present day, both in Japan and...

2 Mar 2020

Culture

From samurais to Jedi knights, kimono stars in London show

London - Freddie Mercury, Yves Saint Laurent and George Lucas were all seduced by the charms of the kimono, whose evolution from medieval times in Japan will be on show at a major exhibition in London. The kimono has been worn by Jedi knights in Lucas's "Star Wars" movie saga, and David Bowie in his futuristic alter ego Ziggy Stardust. "It's...

28 Feb 2020

Culture

Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris to show Betty Catroux exhibit

The Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris is to place a spotlight on muse Betty Catroux, a fashion icon described as Yves Saint Laurent’s ‘female double’ for its 2020 special exhibition. Running from March 3 until October 11, the ‘Betty Catroux, Yves Saint Laurent, Feminine Singular’ showcase will mark the first time that the museum has given Saint...

5 Feb 2020

Fashion

MOAM Generation 2020 pop-up will center around sustainability

On January 24, MOAM will return with the sixth edition of the fastest pop-up exhibition in the Netherlands: Generation 2020. In just three hours, twenty promising artists will show their unique, multidisciplinary work in Amsterdam's creative hotspot, Capital C. All twenty participants have recently graduated from a Dutch academy and are...

10 Jan 2020

Culture

Fashion and Textile Museum to highlight Designers Guild

London’s Fashion and Textile Museum has announced that its feature exhibition in 2020 will be a celebration of 50 years of Designers Guild, an influential design company whose products have changed the way consumers view “colour, pattern and texture” in their homes. The ‘Out of the Blue: Fifty Years of Designers Guild’ exhibition opens on...

27 Dec 2019

Culture

Design Museum placing a spotlight on sneakers in 2020

Know your Air Jordans from your Air Force 1s? The Design Museum is set to place a spotlight on sneakers with a new fashion and design exhibition opening in May next year geared at the exploration of ‘sneakerheads’. ‘Sneakers Unboxed: Studio to Street’ will open on May 6, 2020, and will showcase sneaker performance, subculture and fashion, as it...

11 Dec 2019

Culture

Inside Zandra Rhodes: 50 Years of Fabulous

Dame Zandra Rhodes is probably one of the most iconic and recognisable fashion designers in the UK, not only for her bright pink hair, but also for her free-spirited take on colour and pattern, and the Fashion and Textile Museum is celebrating her five decades in fashion with a retrospective exhibition dedicated to her fascinating career. “The...

26 Sep 2019