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Birkenstock celebrates 250 years of history with retrospective book, online encyclopedia and exhibition

To celebrate its 250-year heritage, comfort shoe brand Birkenstock is looking back at the story of a small workshop that became an international company. The book, titled "The Book of Birkenstock," offers a visual retrospective of the company's evolution over the last two and a half centuries. While the book focuses on the brand's know-how, it...

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Fashion from Dior to Saint Laurent: Brooklyn Museum turns 200

The Brooklyn Museum is one of the largest, oldest and most important museums in New York. Now it is celebrating its birthday - with a large golden exhibition and gifts from famous artists. The renowned Brooklyn Museum in New York is celebrating its 200th birthday with a gold exhibition - and is receiving gifts from famous artists. The exhibition...

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What to know about Asvoff winner 'Made in Italy made by the Chinese'

'Made in Italy by the Chinese' received the award for best Chinese film at the Asvoff fashion film festival, which took place from November 7 to 10, 2024. The documentary tells the story of how Chinese immigrants, mainly from the port city of Wenzhou, appropriated the famous 'Made in Italy' label, which is supposed to glorify the know-how of...

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Asvoff: A documentary on the designer Mary Quant tells the story of female emancipation

Asvoff, the fashion film festival presented by Diane Pernet, has inaugurated its 2024 programme with "Quant", a documentary on the British stylist Mary Quant, one of the most iconic fashion designers of the 60s. By giving women the opportunity to show their legs, Quant embodied, from a sartorial point of view, female liberation. The documentary,...

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Paul Smith to present exhibition examining the essence of "home"

As the winter holiday season approaches, the fashion industry's discerning eye turns towards lifestyle trends that can captivate consumers. In a timely move, the Paul Smith Space in London is set to host a thought-provoking group exhibition that delves into the deeply personal interpretations of "home." Titled Domus Meus the exhibition runs from...

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Tim Burton exhibition opens at the Design Museum

The latest iteration of Tim Burton’s retrospective exhibition has opened in London at the Design Museum, showcasing more than 600 items from the director’s body of work, including Batman Returns, Wednesday and Edward Scissorhands. ‘The World of Tim Burton’ runs until April 21, 2025, and has smashed the Design Museum’s advanced ticket sales, with...

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Miu Miu ramps up cultural activations with Art Basel Paris

Miu Miu is ramping up its cultural cachet, partnering with Art Basel Paris for a major activation titled Tales & Tellers. The project, held at the Palais d'Iéna from October 16 to 20, 2024, was conceived by artist Goshka Macuga and curated by MACBA director Elvira Dyangani Ose. It featured Miu Miu’s Women’s Tales short-film series alongside...

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‘Made in China’ exhibition dismantles negative connotations, puts crafts to forefront

A new exhibition at the Wereldmuseum Rotterdam, in the south of the Netherlands, has put to question our preconceived notions of the term ‘Made in China’, aptly the name of the exhibition. This comes particularly in the face of globally renowned designers that are becoming ever-prominent on the fashion landscape, and therefore serve as the...

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Paul Smith opens an art gallery in his London flagship store

British designer Paul Smith has announced the opening of a new art gallery in his brand’s flagship store in London, England. Officially opening its doors on October 10, the new Paul Smith Space is to become a permanent fixture in the basement of the designer’s store on 9 Albemarle Street in Mayfair. Further cementing the intersection between...

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Black Dandyism to take centre stage at Met Gala 2025

Vogue and the Metropolitan Museum of Art have revealed the theme for the next Met Gala and The Costume Institute’s associated spring 2025 exhibition, ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’. The gala will take place at its usual time slot, the first Monday of May, this time landing on May 5. Star-studded attendees of the event will be asked to...

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Exhibition shows creativity and craftsmanship of Moroccan fashion designers

"We do not want to reinforce stereotypes," says Ninke Bloemberg from the curatorial team of the exhibition 'MOḌA - Moroccan Fashion Statements'. For those looking to explore new facets of Muslim fashion and willing to broaden their perspective, the exhibition at the Centraal Museum in Utrecht, the Netherlands, is not to be missed. This...

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Jackie Kennedy’s wedding dress designer Ann Lowe to be subject of upcoming biopic

Ann Lowe, the American designer behind the 1953 wedding dress of Jackie Kennedy, is set to become the subject of a new biopic picked up by Sony’s TriStar Pictures. Currently dubbed ‘The Dress’, and initially reported on by The Hollywood Reporter, the production will detail how Lowe, often credited to have been the first Black woman to own a shop...