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Must-see fashion exhibitions of 2019

Not everyone has access to runway shows, but luckily more and more museums are making it possible for the public to see designs by the world’s most talented fashion designers up close. Here are seven fashion exhibitions not to miss in 2019. Gender Bending Fashion Fashion designers often defy the boundaries between men’s and women’s clothing, so...

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Museum at FIT plans retrospective for 50th anniversary

The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology is hosting a retrospective of its own history. For the museum’s 50th anniversary next month, its celebratory exhibition will be a recap of some of its most popular exhibits in its history. Titled “Exhibitionism: 50 Year of the Museum at FIT,” the exhibit will be a conglomeration of 33 of its most...

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'Not your habibti': Palestinian designer seeks to empower women

It's only three words on a T-shirt or embroidered on a denim jacket in Palestinian designer Yasmeen Mjalli's collection, but they carry a powerful message: "Not your habibti", or darling. She sees the clothes as helping empower Palestinian women facing unwelcome male attention in public. "When a woman is exposed to so much harassment on the...

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In pictures: book about Gianfranco Ferré’s tenure at Dior to hit stores in January

Dior by Gianfranco Ferré, the fourth volume in the series of coffee table books dedicated to Dior’s past Creative Directors, is set to hit American bookstores on January 15. Published by Assouline, the book features photographs of the designer’s most iconic creations shot by Laziz Hamani and commented by Financial Times menswear critic Alexander...

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American photographer Bruce Weber faces new accusations of harassment

American fashion photographer Bruce Weber, who was accused of sexual harassment by a former model last year, faced five more accusations on Friday. Weber, who worked for Vogue and helped forge the image of such brands as Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren and Abercrombie & Fitch, had been accused of molesting Jason Boyce in December 2014. "Today we...

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Da Vinci design jewel still key for Tuscan silk weavers

Five hundred years after the death of Leonardo da Vinci, a silk mill incorporating one of his designs is still shuttling some of the finest threads in the world across its looms. Tucked away in the historic San Frediano neighbourhood in Florence, L'Antico Setificio Fiorentino was founded in 1786 and is one of the oldest silk workshops in Europe....

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Notable deaths in 2018

From soul diva Aretha Franklin to astrophysicist Stephen Hawking and former UN chief Kofi Annan, here are some of the notable figures who passed away in 2018: - January - - 15: Dolores O'Riordan, singer-songwriter of Irish band The Cranberries, drowned accidentally in a hotel bath aged 46. - 27: Ingvar Kamprad, Swedish founder of affordable...

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In Pictures: Fabric in Fashion Exhibit at FIT

New York - Just opened at the Museum at Fashion Institute of Technology, the exhibit “Fabric in Fashion” demonstrates the journey from fiber to fabric to fashionable garment through a collection of garments, film footage and flat fabric swatches. Curated by Elizabeth Way and celebrating two and a half centuries of innovation, the show is divided...

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Louis Vuitton’s exhibition “Volez, Voguez, Voyagez” arrives in Shanghai

After Paris, Tokyo, Seoul and New York, Louis Vuitton has brought its exhibition “Volez, Voguez, Voyagez” to Shanghai. Curated by Olivier Saillard, the expo tells the history of the label from 1854 to the present, from trunk maker to fashion house. It occupies 15 rooms, each dedicated to a chapter in Louis Vuitton’s history. Some of the items...

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Zara heiress Marta Ortega wore Valentino at her wedding

Marta Ortega, the daughter of billionaire Zara founder Amancio Ortega married Carlos Torretta on Friday in what the Spanish media is calling the “wedding of the year.” The wedding took place at the Royal Yacht Club in A Coruna, Galicia in the northwest of Spain, and was attended by an A-list crowd of Athina Onassis, Coldplay’s Chris Martin, and...

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Exhibition at Moscow Kremlin Museum celebrates Bvlgari with Elizabeth Taylor’s collection

A new exhibition at Moscow’s Kremlin Museum is celebrating Bvlgari’s jewelry creations over more than a century. Founded in 1884 in Rome, the jeweler is now owned by French luxury conglomerate LVMH. More than 500 Bvlgari pieces ranging from the late 19th century to the 1990s are on display in the Assumption Belfry, the tallest monument in the...

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Gus Van Sant to direct movie about fashion starring Will Ferrell

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Gus van Sant is set to adapt and direct a movie called Prince of Fashion, according to cinema news website Deadline Hollywood. Starring Will Ferrell in the main role, the movie is based on Michael Chabon’s GQ article “My son, the Prince of Fashion”, which follows the journalist’s visit to Paris Men’s Fashion Week...