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Yuima Nakazato to be the focus of a new exhibition

Japanese avant-garde fashion designer Yuima Nakazato is the focus of an exhibition coming to the Museum of Lace and Fashion in Calais, France this year. ‘Yuima Nakazato Beyond Couture’ will run from June 15, 2024, to January 5, 2025, and will showcase how the Japanese designer’s work intersects innovation, tradition, and cutting-edge technology,...

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Museum of Lace and Fashion to host Yves Saint Laurent exhibition

The Museum of Lace and Fashion in Calais, France, is to host an exhibition dedicated to the work of French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, co-produced with the Yves Saint Laurent Museum in Paris. ‘Yves Saint Laurent: Transparencies’ will run at the Museum of Lace and Fashion from June 24 to November 12, 2023, before moving to the Yves Saint...

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Museum of Lace to present ‘Haute Dentelle’

The Museum of Lace and Fashion in Calais, France is following up on the success of its exhibitions dedicated to Hubert de Givenchy, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Anne Valérie Hash and Iris van Herpen with an exhibition offering unique insight into contemporary uses of lace woven on Leavers looms by fashion designers. Entitled ‘Haute Dentelle’, which...

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In Pictures: Hubert de Givenchy’s eponymous exhibition

The Museum of Lace and Fashion in Calais, France has opened a retrospective on Hubert de Givenchy, curated by the 90-year-old fashion designer, featuring looks worn by the likes of Audrey Hepburn, former First Lady Jackie Kennedy and the Duchess of Windsor, Wallis Simpson. The exhibition is part of the museum’s 2017 cultural programme and...