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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

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

JW Anderson designer named trustee of V&A museum board

Jonathan Anderson, best known for his men's and womenswear label JW Anderson, has been appointed to a trustee position on the board of London's Victoria & Albert Museum. Along with two others, Anderson was appointed by Prime Minister Theresa May for a four-year term. Anderson launched menswear under the JW Anderson label in 2008, before...

2 Apr 2019

Culture

V&A to stage largest Tim Walker exhibition

The V&A in London has announced it will display the largest-ever exhibition on fashion photographer Tim Walker featuring some of his seminal images from his 25-year career, featuring models including Edie Campbell, Lily Cole, Kate Moss, Karen Elson and Stella Tennant. The ‘Tim Walker: Wonderful Things’ exhibition will open in September and will...

21 Mar 2019

Fashion

London's V&A Museum to stage 'reimagined' hit Dior expo

London's Victoria and Albert Museum said Sunday it plans a reprise in 2019 of a Christian Dior retrospective that last year drew record numbers to the Decorative Arts Museum in Paris. The show, to run from February 2 to July 14, promises to be "the largest and most comprehensive exhibition ever staged in the UK on the House of Dior," the V&A...

2 Jul 2018

Culture

Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion opens in London

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has launched its latest fashion exhibition dedicated to Cristóbal Balenciaga and the continuing influence of the Spanish designer on the current fashion industry, to coincide with the centenary of the fashion house’s opening in San Sebastian and the 80th anniversary of his move to Paris. Showcasing more...

25 May 2017

Culture

V&A to present history of underwear

London’s V&A Museum is placing underwear under the spotlight for its next fashion exhibition, Undressed: A Brief History of Underwear, which will run from April next year until March, 2017 featuring more than 200 examples of underwear for men and women. The concept of the exhibition will be to document the story of underwear from the 18th...

16 Nov 2015

Design

Introducing Dot to Dot London

A new weekend showroom is launching next year February, that aimsto bring together 14 British independent children's brands. Named Dot to Dot London, the debut show is set to take place on the 8th to the 9th of February at the V&A Museum of Childhood in London. “At present the UK childrenswear market is incredibly competitive, and for small...

10 Dec 2013

Fashion

Meadham Kirchhoff to exhibit at V&A Museum

London Fashion Week label Meadham Kirchhoff is to be the subject of the Victoria and Albert Museum’s next Fashion in Motion Series. Following in the footsteps of Giles Deacon, Vivienne Westwood and Alexander McQueen, thedesign duo will host four free catwalk shows next month. Taking place on December 6, the initiative aims to bring fashion to...

22 Nov 2013

Fashion

London celebrates Yohji Yamamoto

London officially loves Yohji Yamamoto. Thirty years after he presented his first collection in Paris, London is holding a retrospective to celebrate the life and works of the revered, influential Japanese designer at the Victoria and Albert Museum.Saturday sees the opening of the exhibit to the public but FashionUnited got an early view.   It's...

11 Mar 2011