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Paris museum to exhibit first retrospective of Gabrielle Chanel

After a two year renovation, the Palais Galliera in Paris re-opens its doors on October 1st with a highly anticipated retrospective of fashion designer Gabrielle Chanel (1883-1971). An icon of modern fashion, Chanel revolutionised a predominant male industry with her fashion manifesto. The first part of the exhibition is chronological,...

1 Oct 2020

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Paris exhibition shows how Man Ray made fashion an art

He is one of the 20th century's most famous artists, but not many people know that Man Ray got his start as a fashion photographer. A new exhibition in Paris sets out to uncover the fashion world roots of the American surrealist, who first made his name taking flattering portraits of the rich and famous. Like many young artists Emmanuel...

23 Sep 2020

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Milan Fashion Week embraces multi-cultural designers and events

As Milan Fashion Week gets underway, Italy’s Fashion Council, Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (CNMI) on Sunday will present We are Made in Italy, a collaboration with Black Lives Matter in Italian Fashion Collective. The event will shine a spotlight on the work of five talents discovered by Afro Fashion Week founder Michelle Ngonmo. “The...

22 Sep 2020

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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

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Princess Beatrice wedding dress to go on display in the UK

Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice's vintage wedding dress, first worn by Her Majesty The Queen in the 1960s, will go on public display at Windsor Castle later this month. The exhibition, part of the royal families tradition to display all wedding gowns to the public, is being organised by the Royal Collection Trust and will showcase Princess...

7 Sep 2020

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New short film highlights plight of garments “Made in America”

Is apparel manufacturing close to home the better, safer and fairer option? Not necessarily as various exposés regarding“Made in Europe”have shown and across the pond, “Made in America” does not fare any better. In a just released short film with the same title, US-based NGORemakegives viewers a look into multiple Los Angeles clothing factories...

10 Aug 2020

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For first time in history all Vogue issues unite for ‘Hope’ edition

For the first time in Vogue’s 128-year history, all its issues unite together in the theme of ‘Hope’. Marcus Rashford, England and Manchester United F.C footballer, is starring on the latest issue of the British Vogue edition after his campaign drove the government to change its policy on free school meals. Alongside him on the cover is Adwoa...

7 Aug 2020

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Gareth Pugh launches Pride documentary and virtual platform

British fashion designer Gareth Pugh has launched a documentary dedicated to the fight for queer liberation, alongside a virtual platform featuring video submissions from the LGBTQIA+ community discussing what Pride means to them. Pugh and his husband Carson McColl’s new documentary film ‘Soul of a Movement: Four Days In June’ looks at the...

30 Jun 2020

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Zadig & Voltaire donates all proceeds of art Collection to Black Art in America

Zadig & Voltaire is continuing to give back to the community. The luxury streetwear brand first announced its new Art Is Hope collaboration series last month as a way to give back to COVID-19 relief efforts, and has now said that it will donate 100 percent of proceeds from the series' latest collection to Black Art In America. Black Art In...

9 Jun 2020

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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

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No Space, Just A Place: Gucci's physical and virtual exhibition

As a result of Covid-19, people around the world have been tied to their homes for months. As a result, the private sphere has taken on a new meaning: one that resonates with the concept of 'etotopopia'. Gucci is devoting an exhibition to this concept in the Daelim Museum in Seoul, entitled 'No Space, Just A Place. Eterotopia '. In the...

11 May 2020

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Loewe’s Craft Prize postponed until 2021

The Loewe Foundation and Paris’ Musée des Arts Décoratifs have announced that the fourth edition of the Craft Prize will be postponed until spring 2021 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The LVMH-owned brand had intended to announce the winner, who will receive a grant of 50,000 euros, during an awards ceremony on May 19 at the Musée des...

1 May 2020