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Burberry teams up with Leeds to celebrate year of culture

British luxury brand Burberry has announced that it is partnering with Leeds 2023, a year-long celebration of culture and community taking place in the city of Leeds and the wider West Yorkshire region. Burberry has roots in West Yorkshire, including an office in Leeds, a factory in Castleford, and a mill in Keighley and its partnership with...

6 Dec 2022

Culture

The Museum at FIT to host ‘Designing Women: Fashion Creators and Their Interiors’ exhibition

The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (MFIT) has unveiled a new exhibition centred around the connections between high fashion and interior decoration, set to take place from November 30 to May 14, 2023. ‘Designing Women: Fashion Creators and Their Interiors’ will feature 60 garments and accessories by 40 female designers, including...

15 Nov 2022

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V&A acquires Wedgwood tea and coffee set owned by Karl Lagerfeld

The V&A Museum have acquired a rare tea and coffee set designed by Paul Follot for Wedgwood, which was owned by fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld. The museum, which also purchased the accompanying set of Follot’s design drawings, said no other examples of the pattern, or even the shape, are known to exist. The tea set and drawings are currently on...

14 Nov 2022

Culture

Paris Fashion Film Festival Asvoff celebrates young creatives

The fourteenth edition of the French fashion film festival Asvoff, ‘A Shaded View on Fashion Film’, founded by Diane Pernet, will be held from today, November 10 to Sunday, November 13 2022, in collaboration with 3537, the Parisian creative hub of Dover Street Market. "I wanted this edition to highlight an emerging generation of artists who...

10 Nov 2022

Culture

The Museum at FIT to host hip hop fashion exhibition

The museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), in New York City, is set to present an exhibition dedicated to celebrating the 50th anniversary of the “birth of hip hop”. ‘Fresh, Fly and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style’ will explore this influential style and music genre through the use of over 100 garments and accessories that...

8 Nov 2022

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Frida Kahlo, The Immersive Biography opens in Brooklyn

“Frida Kahlo, The Immersive Biography” has arrived in Brooklyn. A co-creation between the Frida Kahlo Corporation and Layers of Reality, a Spanish digital arts center, the immersive biographical exhibition spans seven different transformational spaces and includes an award-winning VR experience enabling the visitor to enter the life and work of...

28 Oct 2022

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Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris celebrates all things gold

The Yves Saint Laurent Museum in Paris is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the couturier’s first collection with an exhibition highlighting his love affair with glitz and gold. The ‘Gold by Yves Saint Laurent' exhibition is open until May 14, 2022, and examines the role gold has played in the couturier’s work. It features more than forty...

17 Oct 2022

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Screenwear exhibition highlights short but complex history of digital fashion

With the launch of Metaverse Fashion Week in March and the array of virtual campaigns being led by brands throughout the industry, it is fair to say that digital fashion is currently at the centre of conversation. As it continues to grow, those unfamiliar with the concept have begun to question: “Why does this relate to me?” It is this query...

17 Oct 2022

Culture

A century of Surrealism on show at London Design Museum

From Salvador Dali's lip-shaped sofa to the dreamlike video clips of Icelandic artist Bjork, Surrealism has influenced design for almost a century. The complex evolution is now being explored in a new exhibition -- “Objects of Desire: Surrealism and Design 1924 - Today” -- which opens on Friday at London's Design Museum. Visitors are welcomed...

14 Oct 2022

Culture

Balenciaga to partner with The Royal Opera House on Cobain-inspired show

London’s The Royal Opera House has announced a partnership with luxury fashion brand Balenciaga, which will see some of the label’s pieces from its autumn 2022 and winter 2022 collections featured in a new stage show. ‘Last Days’, which is based on Gus Van Sant’s 2005 film of the same name, opened in Linbury Theatre on October 7 and aims to...

10 Oct 2022

Culture

Fashion for Good unveils new exhibition dedicated to cotton

Fashion for Good has opened the doors of a new exhibition called 'Knowing Cotton Otherwise', which highlights the rich history behind what is perhaps the world’s most well-known fabric. The exhibition highlights the relationship between cotton and the fashion industry; the role of cotton in an increasingly tightly woven web of global cultures;...

7 Oct 2022

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Inside the V&A’s ‘Hallyu! The Korean Wave’ exhibition

London’s V&A museum is celebrating the colourful popular culture of South Korea, following its early origins to its place on the global stage today, with an exhibition showcasing fashion, beauty, art, film and pop culture. ‘Hallyu! The Korean Wave’ features around 200 objects across four thematic sections, including some loans never seen in the...

7 Oct 2022