Shanghai Tang, dubbed the “first Asian luxury brand,” is delving deep into its colorful brand history with a retrospective in Hong Kong. Known for its modern redux of traditional Chinese-style clothing, Shanghai Tang’s first exhibition was unveiled on Nov. 26 at Hong Kong’s PMQ, a historical building-turned-retail hub mixed with cultural offerings. Titled “A Journey of Rediscovery — … Read more
CELEBRATING THE ICONS: Italian outerwear label Fay will celebrate its signature garments through a photo exhibition that will be presented in Milan during men’s fashion week running from Jan. 17 to 21. The project was entrusted to photographer Michael Avedon, nephew of Richard Avedon, and to James Dylan, nephew of Nobel Prize-winner singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, … Read more
LONDON — Patou’s creative director Guillaume Henry has dreamed up a world of cotton candy pink for its collaboration with Onitsuka Tiger. At the Japanese sports fashion brand’s Regent Street store in London, the designer has curated an immersive exhibition that replicates a teenage girl’s bedroom. Slots to see the free exhibition in November have … Read more
For its latest exhibition, La Galerie Dior in Paris is showcasing late photographer Peter Lindbergh, who shared with the French house a long-standing focus on women. “One of the common points between Dior and Lindbergh is that we both always put women at the center, being always the main subject,” said Lindbergh’s son Benjamin. “I … Read more
PARIS – For Yves Saint Laurent, florals were not just for spring. A new exhibition opening at the Yves Saint Laurent Museum in Paris on Friday shows that flowers were a mainstay of the late couturier’s collections, from his first outing after he took over as creative director of Christian Dior in 1958 to his … Read more
A hundred years after acquiring one of Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers”, the National Gallery in London has brought one of the Dutch painter’s visions to life by showcasing it with two of his other works side-by-side for the first time. The triptych forms part of a major exhibition dedicated to the post-Impressionist titled “Van Gogh: … Read more
SUMMERTIME ART: Massimo Giorgetti is not ready to wave “ciao ciao” to summer just yet. After putting the sea and the Mediterranean at the core of his brand’s 15th anniversary coed show in June, the MSGM founder and creative director continued to celebrate the Italian Riviera and his own roots with an arty project close to … Read more
PARIS — Mad for 18th-century interiors, Karl Lagerfeld frequently visited the Louvre, knew its holdings by heart, and drew inspiration from its sumptuous furniture and lacquered screens. In January, some of the late German designer’s haute couture and métiers d’art creations for Chanel all that inspired will invade the storied Paris museum, which is mounting … Read more
The story follows the Spanish nobleman Belmonte who, with the help of his servant Pedrillo, journeys to the seraglio (palace) of Bassa Selim, a high-ranking official, in Turkey to rescue his beloved Konstanze and her maid Blonde, who were kidnapped by pirates. Conducted by the German maestro Michael Koehler and directed by Tang Xinxin, the … Read more
WINNERS’ CIRCLE: Martin Margiela’s offbeat vest made of broken plates, part of his fall 1989 collection, will go on display this fall at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. The exhibition is to mark the 35th anniversary of French fashion competition ANDAM, of which Margiela was the first winner. He had styled the DIY … Read more
