Fashion
[July 25 2024] : Fashion
Arkadius, a seminal figure in early 2000s London Fashion Week, is celebrated for his bold fusion of antiquity, Shakespearean themes, anti-capitalism, and queer culture. This exhibition juxtaposes his avant-garde designs with contemporary art and the museum’s textile collection, creating a syncretic and eclectic display. Arkadius’ fearless dialogue on sexuality, religion, and societal norms shines through, showcasing the powerful exploration of his dynamic and provocative career.
Photos by Pola Esther
[June 27 2024] : Fashion
Photos by Octave de B
[June 26 2024] : Fashion
Photos by Octave de B
[April 4 2024] : Fashion
Under its legendary founder Barbara Hulanicki, Biba had a meteoric rise to fame from a mail order catalogue in 1963 to a seven-storey department store on Kensington High Street, becoming the world’s first lifestyle label ranging from everyday items, to make-up, to fashion. The simple shift dresses, to the glamorous devoré wraps, sequinned bodices, leopard print coats, trouser suits, floppy hats and feather boas that came to epitomise the Biba look. This exhibition looks at the history of Biba and the chronicle from its first shop to its demise in 1975.
[March 26 2024] : Fashion
Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren have been exploring the boundaries between couture and art for over 30 years. Around 100 of the boldest pieces by the visionary duo can now be experienced at the Kunsthalle Munich. Many creations are on display for the first time – along with numerous videos, sketches and handmade porcelain dolls dressed in the designers’ iconic creations.
On view until October 6th.
Kunsthalle Munich
Theatinerstraße 8,
München,
Germany
[February 20 2024] : Fashion
Photos by Eseniia Araslanova
[February 19 2024] : Fashion
Photos by Eseniia Araslanova
[February 19 2024] : Fashion
Photos by Kathie Kay
[February 14 2024] : Fashion
Photos by Dario Castillo
[February 14 2024] : Fashion
Photos by Dario Castillo
[February 14 2024] : Fashion
Photos by Julia Spicer
[February 10 2024] : Fashion
Photos by Julia Spicer
[February 9 2024] : Fashion
This exhibition of unique magnitude brings together about forty pieces from the archives of the house. It opens with the famous portrait of Yves Saint Laurent, naked posing before the lens of Jeanloup Sieff, placing the exhibition under the sign of a nudity that refuses the vulgar and embraces a chic and respectful elegance. It particularly focuses on the collections of the late 1960s where dresses in organza, Cigaline, crèpe de chine, lace, tulle, and muslin were abundantly produced, allowing the customer to assert herself as the emancipated and strong woman of the time. To wear a nude dress was to celebrate one’s own femininity.
But to reduce this exhibition to a simple celebration... Read More
Text & Photos by Ewen Guinta
[January 24 2024] : Fashion
Photos by Octave de B
[January 22 2024] : Fashion
A cool hommage to the personal style of the Russian dancer Rudolph Nureyev by Kim Jones
Photos by Charles Berck
[January 22 2024] : Fashion
Photos by Antonio Eugenio
[January 18 2024] : Fashion
Photos by Charles Berck and Antonio Eugenio
[January 17 2024] : Fashion
Photos by Charles Berck and Octave de B
[January 4 2024] : Fashion
#PurpleFASHION
The exhibition presents a collection of archive Margiela pieces that form a narrative around the idea of voids. The looks are deliberately incomplete and displayed in a chaotic manner: heels come without the shoes, clothes are lying on the floor and some are wrapped in plastic bags… This curation creates a narrative and highlights the stories and theories behind them. The exhibition dives into a more evanescent narrative in which gaps must remain to embrace the whole, celebrating Martin Margiela’s famously absent persona.
“MARGIELA: IN THE VOID” is on view until April 5th, 2024 at the Parodi Costume Collection, Miami.
Photography by David Gary Lloyd, text by Ewen Giunta
[December 21 2023] : Fashion
Presented in the form of a contemporary cabinet of curiosities, the exhibition of Dutch artist and fashion designer Iris van Herpen contextualizes her work through a carefully-curated selection of references, drawings, fabrics, and biological objects, as well as a series of artworks spanning the 18th century to the present. Her innovative fashion designs mirror the beauty and inner complexity of the living world, blurring the line between the natural and the artificial. At times working in unison with scientists, biologists, and architects, Van Herpen’s designs merge highly-crafted garments with cutting-edge technology such as artificial intelligence, material experimentation, and 3D printing. In this retrospective exhibition, fashion is presented as an extended sensorial exploration.
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Text by Aleph Molinari. Photos by Aleph Molinari and courtesy of Musée des Arts Décoratifs
[December 11 2023] : Fashion
The exhibition traces the history and culture of Prada from its origins in 1913 to the present day. Told through a selection of stories curated by co-creative directors Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons, the exhibition is as rich as it is intimate. More than 400 artifacts – physical and digital- are on display, drawn from the fashion archive as well as decades-long engagements across art, architecture, culture, and sport.
Building on the success of the first iteration in 2014, this exhibition follows the groundbreaking trajectory of Prada, exploring the indelible impact of its vision on luxury, beauty, and fashion as an intellectual act.
Pradasphere Il puts forward a way of thinking about luxury: fashion intersects... Read More
