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Design Museum celebrates the sari with a new fashion exhibition

The first large-scale exhibition in the UK examining the contemporary Indian sari has opened at the Design Museum in London. ‘The Offbeat Sari,' runs until September 17, and brings together more than 60 examples of modern saris on loan from designers and studios across India, including the first-ever sari worn at the Met Gala in 2022 and saris...

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Bav Tailor Partners With Botto Giuseppe For Pravara - Hybrid Identities Exhibition in Venice

BAV TAiLOR partners with Botto Giuseppe for the artistic installation Pravara - Hybrid Identities at Borders Art Fair Venice 2023 in collaboration with Its Liquid Group and ACITVenice, Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello Venice from 12 to 30 May 2023 in concomitance with the Biennale for Architecture. The concept of Hybrid Identities explores the...

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A feast for the senses: “India in Fashion” exhibition at NMACC Mumbai

Everything about the “India in Fashion” exhibition in Mumbai is grand - the scale, the designers, the materials, the show’s opulence and last but not least, the venue itself. Housed in the newly opened Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Center at BKC Mumbai, it spreads over 50,000 square feet (more than 4,600 square meters) and nine exhibition rooms...

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Fabrica X opens 'Biomaterials Reimagined' exhibition

Fabrica X, the gallery and concept store for sustainable brands within the innovation hub, The Mills Fabrica, has opened a new exhibition spotlighting biomaterials and craftsmanship as part of London Craft Week 2023. The ‘Biomaterials Reimagined’ exhibition runs until August 31 and pays homage to traditional techniques while celebrating a new...

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V&A Dundee to delve behind the scenes of a catwalk show

Every element of a fashion show is a “conscious design choice,” explains V&A Dundee, Scotland’s design museum and the creative process behind the scenes will be examined in its new fashion exhibition opening next month. ‘The Fashion Show: Everything But The Clothes,’ runs from June 3 to January 2024 and aims to peel back the glamourous façade of...

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New York museum to host exhibition on Taylor Swift’s career

The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) has revealed that it will be hosting a new exhibition on Taylor Swift, looking into the singer and musician’s artistic reinventions over her acclaimed career. Set to open May 20, ‘Taylor Swift: Storyteller’ will follow the 12-time Grammy-winner’s history of work, displaying looks from a series of her music...

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The earliest surviving British royal wedding dress goes on display

A new exhibition at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, has opened placing a spotlight on the life and style of Georgian society, featuring more than 200 works from the Royal Collection, including the wedding dress of George IV’s daughter Princess Charlotte of Wales. ‘Style & Society: Dressing the Georgians’ runs until October 8 and looks at...

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Paley Center opens exhibition celebrating Yellowstone’s 1923 prequel

The Paley Center for Media in New York has opened an exhibition showcasing the costumes from the Paramount+ drama series 1923, the prequel to the hit show Yellowstone. ‘The ‘1923’ Exhibit: Costume Design Across Three Continents’ will run until May 28, offering ‘Yellowstone’ fans an immersive look at a curated assortment of original costumes from...

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Kensington Palace: Crown to Couture

When Blake Lively arrived at the Met Gala in 2022 channelling the Statue of Liberty in her stunning custom Atelier Versace gown, curators at Historic Royal Palaces, which looks after Kensington Palace, saw how similar today’s contemporary red carpet spectacular is with the Georgian court. ‘Crown to Couture’ marks Kensington Palace’s largest...

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Museum at FIT: New expo to showcase modern Latinx American fashion

The Museum at FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology) opened the doors to its new exhibition last Friday, called ‘¡Moda Hoy! Latin American and Latinx Fashion Design Today’. The spotlight is put onto designers from Latin American countries and those of Latin American heritage living in the US, who are often referred to as Hispanic, Latino/Latina,...

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Diane von Furstenberg exhibition to open in Brussels

The Fashion and Lace Museum in Brussels is to host an exhibition celebrating Diane von Furstenberg’s iconic wrap dress, which turns 50 years old in 2024. ‘Woman Before Fashion’ will run from April 21 to January 7, 2024, and will highlight Diane von Furstenberg as a designer, the inspiration for her iconic wrap dress from the silhouette to the...

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art announces details for The Costume Institute’s spring exhibition

The New York based Metropolitan Museum of Arts has revealed that the theme of this year’s spring exhibition at The Costume Institute will be ‘Karl Lagerfeld - A Line of Beauty’, showcasing over 150 garments and sketches by the designer. The spotlight will be put onto Lagerfeld’s “unique working methodology”, as put in the release, from his...