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Costume Art at the Met

Fashion has spent a long time negotiating its place inside the museum. Costume Art, which opened at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 10, 2026, begins from a different position. Rather than asking whether clothing deserves to stand beside…

Inside Dior’s Grammar of Forms

Grammar and Forms - Adrien Dirand

Most runway shows end the moment the final look disappears backstage. The applause fades, guests leave their seats and, within minutes, the collection begins a new life online through thousands of carefully selected images. What remains is often a sequence…

FENDI’s Roman statement

On July 9, FENDI did more than present its Fall/Winter 2026 to 2027 Haute Couture collection. The Roman house transformed Maria Grazia Chiuri’s first couture presentation into a broader cultural statement, marking the beginning of a new creative chapter while…

The V&A exhibition – Schiaparelli effect

At the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art arrives at a moment when fashion is increasingly expected to justify its place within culture. More than a retrospective of one of the twentieth century’s most unconventional designers,…