Category Archives: Costume

Manmode: Dressing the Male Ego, FIDM Museum & Galleries

ManMode: Dressing the Male Ego, display in the History Gallery of the FIDM Museum, Los Angeles. “Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.” – Mark Twain (1835-1910) Ego! It comes across loud and clear through a man’s wardrobe. The event explores three centuries of…

Manmode: Dressing the Male Ego, FIDM Museum & Galleries

Game Changers: Reinventing the 20th Century Silhouette, Fashion Museum Antwerp

The exhibition “Game Changers: Reinventing the 20th Century Silhouette” looks at the groundbreaking work of fashion designer Cristóbal Balenciaga whose innovations in the middle of the 20th century created a radically new silhouette, giving the body freedom of movement and building architectural volumes to create a space around it. Along…

Game Changers: Reinventing the 20th Century Silhouette, Fashion Museum Antwerp

The Commonwealth Fashion Exchange 2018, Buckingham Palace

For the first time, The Commonwealth comes together to showcase a wealth of design and artisan fashion talent across its 53 countries. Launched by Commonwealth Secretary General the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland and Livia Firth, founder of sustainability consultancy Eco-Age, the Commonwealth Fashion Exchange is a major new initiative that…

The Commonwealth Fashion Exchange 2018, Buckingham Palace

International Fashion Showcase 2015, British Council

The British Council and the British Fashion Council will present 110 emerging designers from nearly 30 countries in the largest public fashion exhibition of its kind. The annual exhibition now in its fourth year, is free of charge and will take place at Brewer Street Car Park in London during…

International Fashion Showcase 2015, British Council

From styles to trends, National Museum of Costume in Portugal

In a completely different spirit – a white, neutral space – is the exhibition showing XX Century Costume up to the present day. Costume of the 20th century 1910-2000 The Republic implanted in Portugal on October 5, 1910 puts an end to the monarchy and transforms the social dynamics of…

From styles to trends, National Museum of Costume in Portugal

Telling the history, National Museum of Costume in Portugal

National Museum of Costume in Portugal are permanently telling the visitors about the history of Portuguese Costume from the Eighteenth Century to the Present Day, on the main floor of the Palace. In the Baroque period, the female costume was generally composed of three main pieces, the bodice fitted to…

Telling the history, National Museum of Costume in Portugal

Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear 1715 – 2015, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Drawing primarily from LACMA’s renowned collection, Reigning Men celebrates three hundred years of restraint and resplendence in menswear. Introduction Histories of fashion have tended to focus primarily on womenswear, with menswear often appearing as little more than a side note to the main story. “Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear, 1715–2015”…

Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear 1715 – 2015, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

VIP lounge, Centre National du Costume de Scene

The original scenography reveals the life of the costume before its entry on stage. Unpacking, fitting, makeup and boarding. The sets of some iconic musicals are evoked in the form of quirky winks in a joyous course, and of course, musical. The exhibition opens with the costumes of five musical…

VIP lounge, Centre National du Costume de Scene

Nureyev collection, Centre National du Costume de Scene

The museum has a collection of Rudolf Nureyev’s costumes, as requested in his will to be a “place of memory”. Nureyev, who has been the Paris Opera Ballet director had wished to have his collection placed in a museum in Paris, but suitable locations could not be found. So, his…

Nureyev collection, Centre National du Costume de Scene

Storage warehouse, Centre National du Costume de Scene

When they enter the CNCS collection, costumes acquire a heritage object status. They are no longer worn on stage and are to be preserved in the best possible conditions. The costumes are made of material that is particularly fragile. Discover in what conditions they are stored and how they are…

Storage warehouse, Centre National du Costume de Scene

Fashion and Style of the 20th Century, Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin

Explore the rich collection of 20th century fashion highlights at the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin Worth, Vionnet, Balenciaga, Chanel, Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, Versace: The “who’s who” of seminal fashion designers has been convened at the Berliner Kunstgewerbemuseum. Couture clothing, from designers such as Jacques Doucet, Coco Chanel and Paul Poiret began…

Fashion and Style of the 20th Century, Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin

18th and 19th Century Women’s Fashion, Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin

Be inspired by the style of the 18th and 19th century through the dress collection at the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Berlin As the oldest of its kind in Germany the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Berlin established in 1867 had already made significant acquisitions in the textile world in the early years of the…

18th and 19th Century Women’s Fashion, Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin

The Vulgar: Fashion Redefined 2016, Barbican Centre

Discover the challenging and utterly compelling question of how fashion revels in, exploits and ultimately overturns the prevailing limits of taste The Vulgar: Fashion Redefined The Vulgar: Fashion Redefined is the first exhibition to foreground the challenging but at the same time utterly compelling question of how fashion revels in,…

The Vulgar: Fashion Redefined 2016, Barbican Centre

Through the Lace, Balenciaga Museum

The lace, a fabric of long tradition and associated with the most powerful classes until its mechanization, serves as an example to show how the creativity of Balenciaga and industrial technology can be allied to praise new applications and silhouettes. With Balenciaga, the lace can be ornamental or structural, can…

Through the Lace, Balenciaga Museum

The Experience of Luxury, Balenciaga Museum

Haute couture can be considered, since its inception, as the ultimate expression of a luxurious and specifically feminine experience. A world of exclusivity and exquisiteness around the creations, designed by the couturiers and made by artisan methods, the codes of etiquette that mark the purchasing process, and the social contexts…

The Experience of Luxury, Balenciaga Museum

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