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Alaïa/kuramata Lightness in creation

Paris ( F) > 24.06.2024 - 12.01.2025

Shiro Kuramata’s work is replete with the ancient and fascinating history of Japanese decorative arts and the modern eagerness for Japanese simplicity and structural simplicity that has strongly influenced the dogma of “form follows function”.

More than the pieces themselves, what’s important is their stories, which are connected by the continuous thread of non-materialisation. “My strongest wish is to feel free of all gravity, of all ties,” he declared; “I want to float”. This approach runs imbues all of his work with a kind of spiritual quest. His attempts to defy gravity find formal expression in transparent materials such as glass, acrylc and metal mesh, as well as in his experiments with the incorporation of light. By using these materials, he explores links between lightness and gravity, matter and non-matter. These relationships shimmer in his designs, producing a calm, contemplative atmosphere redolent with gentle aesthetic humanity and a refined sense of poetry.

Azzedine Alaïa was a great admirer of Shiro Kuramata, who died in 1991, and organised an exhibition of his work here in 2005. Twenty years later, and for the first time ever, the Fondation Azzedine Alaïa has decided to celebrate one of the great designers of his time by associating Kuramata’s work with a careful selection of pieces by Alaïa chosen for the materials, forms or approaches they share. The lurex knit of a simple gown responds to the knitted metal mesh of a chair, while the transparent acrylic of a shelf unit echoes the feather-light muslin of an haute couture creation.

Some twenty pieces of furniture and exceptional objects designed by Shiro Kuramata (1934-91) are presented in the exhibition. In parallel, almost twenty haute couture creations by Azzedine Alaïa demonstrate his poetry of form, his radical tailoring, his subtle choice of colour and his refined use of transparency. Imbued with a great sense of lightness, the pieces on display reflect an eagerness for abstraction shared by both artists.

All the pieces on display by Shiro Kuramata and Azzedine Alaïa are from the collections of the Fondation Azzedine Alaïa.

Text - und Bildquelle : Museumswebsite ( Foto : ©Stéphane Aït Ouarab)

Fondation Azzedine Alaïa
18 Rue de la Verrerie
75004 Paris
Frankreich

weitere Infos: fondationazzedinealaia.org/en/expositions/29480/

MoMu x Fashion Department

Antwerpen ( B) >29.06.2024 — 10.11.2024

The Fashion Department of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp is known for guiding its students to explore the extremes of design and art. Antwerp may be on the periphery of major fashion capitals, but the outstanding reputation of the Fashion Department attracts the majority of its students from abroad. Students learn to conceptualize, visualize and materialize a collection and an artistic identity. Since its foundation by Marie Prijot in 1963, drawing has been an essential part of the study, along with a profound exploration of materials and techniques.

Fashion sits at the very centre of contemporary culture, and consciously or otherwise, students construct images and silhouettes that reflect the world and the emotions running through society. Their work is in close dialogue with their own stories and memories, as well as intimately connected with art, film and fashion history.

Text - und Bildquelle : Museumswebsite

MOMU
Nationalestraat 28
2000 Antwerp
Belgien

weitere Infos: www.momu.be/en/exhibitions/fashion-department

Dress Up

Boston ( USA)> 13.04.2024 - 02.09.2024

“Playing dress up begins at five and never truly ends.”—Kate Spade

Fashion allows us to take on different roles, choosing clothes, jewelry, shoes, handbags, and other accessories to transform the way we are seen and the way we see ourselves. One’s choice of dress can make a political statement, express a mood or communicate personal identities. Through more than 100 works from the MFA’s collection, “Dress Up” celebrates 20th- and 21st-century style with fashions by Alexander McQueen, Bob Mackie, Pauline Trigère, Patrick Kelly, and Oscar de la Renta; jewelry from designers like Hattie Carnegie, Lanvin, Elsa Peretti, Schreiner, and Trifari; accessories by designers like Thom Solo; illustrations; and photographs by Cecil Beaton and Martin Parr.

Looking at jewelry as fashion and fashion as jewelry, this exhibition removes the delineation between the two to focus on how they play an integral and inseparable role in self-fashioning. Objects with beads, sequins, and sparkles blur the lines between fashion and jewelry while at the same time extending and expanding our ideas about them. From a jeweled brooch or shoe, to an heirloom ring or little black dress, each selection can represent a variety of stories and lived experiences.

Thematic sections explore child’s play, identity politics and more, and feature myriad new acquisitions—including shoes and dresses from the collection of Donna Summer, an ensemble by Project Runway alumna Korina Emmerich and local jewelry artist Tiffany Vanderhoop, and a ring by Of Rare Origin, a version of which was worn by poet Amanda Gorman at the 2020 US presidential inauguration. Spectacular loans include an Iris Apfel ensemble from the Peabody Essex Museum and cuff bracelets designed by Fulco di Verdura for Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, which she was photographed wearing throughout her life.

Text - und Bildquelle : Museumswebsite

Museum of fine Arts - MFA -Boston

465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
USA

weitere Infos: www.mfa.org/exhibition/dress-up

Planet(s) Decouflé

Moulins ( F) > 24.05.2024 - 05.01.2025

A major choreographer of the new French wave of the late 1980s, Philippe Decouflé has constantly created worlds halfway through dance, cinema and live cartoon. Each of his productions, since Codex first international triumph, reveals fantastic burleque worlds.

Carrying a unique look at four decades of creation by the choreographer Philippe Decouflé, the exhibition Planète(s) Decouflé proposes, through more than 100 costumes, to dive into a universe halfway through dance, cinema and live cartoon. Videos and drawings complete this unique journey. Each of Philippe Decouflé's productions, since Codex in 1986 and the first international triumph, reveals burlesque, fantastic, singular worlds. The creator always surrounded himself with artists equal to his talent to magnify the bodies. The stage costume is of particular importance to Philippe Decouflé, to the point of having created with costume-couturiers such as Philippe Guillotel, Laurence Chalou, Jean Malo or Charlie Le Mindu, one of the most beautiful dance halls of contemporary dance. From the Codex/Decodex/Tricodex trilogy to Octopus, from WieBo to Tutti, all the creativity of Philippe Decouflé and his accomplices are staged here for the first time at the National Centre of Costume and Stage of Moulins. As a result, the last major hall of the exhibition invites visitors to relive the extraordinary ceremony of the 1992 Albertville Olympic Games seen by more than two billion spectators.

Text - und Bildquelle : Museumswebsite

Centre national
du costume et de la scène

Quartier Villars, Route de Montilly
03000 MOULINS
Frankreich

weitere Infos: cncs.fr/a-visiter/planetes-decoufle/

Yohji Yamamoto. Letter to the Future

Mailand ( IT) > 16.05.2024 - 29.7.2024

For the first time in Italy, a special exhibition project of the emblematic designer.

In the new chapter of 10 Corso Como, according to Tiziana Fausti’s vision, the Gallery exhibition space continues its programming dedicated to fashion culture with a special project of the designer who provoked and inspired a distinctive aesthetics and imagery: Yohji Yamamoto.

Organized by 10 Corso Como and Yohji Yamamoto, the project curated by Alessio de′ Navasques gathers a dialogue between iconic pieces from the runway, recent and future collections, in an ascending and immersive climax.

From May 16 to July 30, 2024, in the spaces of the Gallery, garments will be the protagonists in a flow where every shape, cut and geometry transmits an idea of the future and beyond time.

Text - und Bildquelle: Galeriewebsite

10 corso com Galerie
Corso Como, 10
20154 Milan, Italy

weitere Infos: 10corsocomo.com/en-eu/pages/galleria

Out Shopping: The Dresses of Marion and Maud Sambourne (1880-1910)

London ( GB)> 23.03.2024 - 20.10.2024

Marion Sambourne was the wife of Victorian illustrator Linley Sambourne. Their daughter, Maud, shared an artistic flair which she abandoned in pursuit of a prosperous marriage with Leonard Messel.

This major exhibition features a selection of dresses they wore for special moments and social occasions, many of them of national significance as rare surviving examples by leading designers of the era - often female.

An intimate story of the lives of a middle-class mother and her affluent daughter, navigating through the late Victorian period and into the 20th century, a moment in history that significantly shaped the way fashion and shopping is consumed today.

Text - und Bildquelle : Museumswebsite

Leighton House: 12 Holland Park Road, London W14 8LZ

Sambourne House: 18 Stafford Terrace, London W8 7BH
London
Großbritannien

weitere Infos: www.rbkc.gov.uk/museums/out-shopping

Textile Kunst _ ein kulturelles Medium _ Gewebtes von Beate von Harten & Celina von Harten

Wien (A) > 17.06. - 16.09.2024

Die Ausstellung in den Räumen der ÖKV zeigt von 17. Juni bis 16. September 2024 Gewebtes von Beate und Celina von Harten. Wenn Sie/ihr an einem Besuch zwischen Vernissage und Finissage interessiert sind/seid, kontaktiert bitte für die individuelle Verabredung zur Ausstellung Beate 0664 9780041 oder Celina 069913133966 oder per Mail >.

Veranstalter/ Ort
Österreichische Kulturvereinigung
Hanuschgasse 3/4/1/1046
zweiter Hof
1010 Wien
Österreich

weitere Infos: kulturvereinigung.at/event/vernissage-_-beate-und-celina-von-harten-_-textilien-und-text/

Digitale Mode - Kleider aus Feuer und Eis

Hannover (D) > 01.03. - 14.12.2024

Spektakuläre digitale Mode und virtuelle Produkte aus Wasser, Feuer oder Eis zeigt das Museum für textile Kunst in der aktuellen Sonderausstellung – konzipiert und realisiert von Irene Karchevskyy, einer ukrainisch-deutschen Modedesignerin und Kommunikationswissenschaftlerin Jantje Salander. Ist virtuelle Kleidung die Zukunft? Ist ein Kleid umweltfreundlicher, das nur im Computer existiert und von virtuellen Models vorgeführt wird, um dann vom virtuellen Ich der Käufer und Käuferinnen in den sozialen Netzwerken getragen zu werden? Und was macht das mit unserer Wahrnehmung? Diesen Fragen stellt sich das Museum und will zur Diskussion anregen über einen Bereich des Modedesigns, der aus der Gaming-Industrie heraus entstanden ist und inzwischen von großen Modemarken genutzt wird. Virtuelle Modeschauen, eine Online-Umkleidekabine und Shops im Metaverse erwarten die Besucher. Das MFTK engagiert sich für einen achtsamen, sozialverträglichen und umweltfreundlichen Umgang mit Kleidung. Die Dauerausstellung zeigt kostbare und besondere Textilien aus aller Welt. Der Ausstellungsort ist ebenfalls besonders: In einem renovierten Bunker des Zweiten Weltkriegs befindet sich die wertvolle von Modedesignerin und Museumsgründerin Erika Knoop in 40 Jahren zusammengetragene Textilsammlung.

Text - und Bildquelle: Museumswebsite

Veranstalter/ Ort
Museum für textile Kunst
Borchersstraße 23
30559 Hannover
Deutschland

weitere Infos: museum-fuer-textile-kunst.de/digitale_mode-kleider_aus_feuer_und_eis/

Carnet de bal, de Marie-Antoinette à l’impératrice Eugénie (1780-1880)

Bourguoin-Jallieu (F) > 24.05. - 08.12.2024

Cette exposition met en valeur l’évolution des vêtements féminins et masculins, illustrant ainsi les transformations de la mode au fil des siècles. L’histoire de ces silhouettes est aussi celle de l’émancipation féminine à travers les âges, du corsetage à la libération du corps, de la contrainte à la prise de pouvoir. Cette exposition fait la part belle aux robes à crinoline, les plus extravagantes de l’histoire de la mode.

Text - und Bildquelle: Museumswebsite

Veranstalter/ Ort
MUSÉE DE BOURGOIN-JALLIEU
17, rue Victor Hugo
38300 Bourgoin-Jallieu
Frankreich

weitere Infos: musee.bourgoinjallieu.fr/expo-temporaire/carnet-de-bal-de-marie-antoinette-a-limperatrice-eugenie-1780-1880/

MODE*CHAPEAU

Utrecht (NL) > 09.05. - 29.09.2024

Two private collections revealed. Collecting fashion is an art in itself. Assembling a collection requires time, knowledge, passion, a keen eye and a bit of luck. This double bill features iconic items from two remarkable private collections formed in Utrecht.

A celebration of fifty years of dazzling couture.' - Hans van Emmerik (collector)
From an early age, Hans van Emmerik admired the clothes in family photos, especially those of his grandmother, who made children’s clothes and gave him leftover fabrics. His fascination aroused, he became a passionate collector of fashion from the first half of the 20th century. He now owns the largest private collection in the Netherlands from this period: more than 300 dresses worn by wealthy ladies at that time, from spectacular sequinned evening dresses to garments of rustling silk.

‘There’s a hat for every head.’ - Tiny Meihuizen-Wijker (collector)
Until 2009, Tiny Meihuizen-Wijker’s private hat museum Gossip & Whispering was located a stone’s throw from the Central Museum. As a young girl, Tiny became fascinated by the hats that women wore to church, admiring their exuberant designs, striking colours and wonderful details. The most eccentric hats were sure to set tongues wagging: hats make a statement. Her collection ultimately grew to more than twelve hundred items of headwear, from refined 1920s cloches to extravagant designs with feathers or artificial flowers.
The Centraal Museum now offers the public its first opportunity to admire these two remarkable collections, which have remained largely hidden from view.

Text - und Bildquelle: Museumswebsite

Veranstalter/ Ort
Centraal Museum Utrecht
Agnietenstraat 1
3512 XA Utrecht
Niederlande

weitere Infos: www.centraalmuseum.nl/en/exhibitions/mode-chapeau