From the carefully composed portraits of the Belle Époque to the provocative imagery of the late twentieth century, fashion photography has shaped far more than the way clothing is presented. At the Textile Museum St. Gallen, Mise en Scène explores…
In 1986, six young Belgian designers travelled to London with their individual collections and returned with an identity that would follow them for the rest of their careers. Four decades later, a major exhibition in Antwerp revisits their extraordinary emergence,…
Gianni Versace had a particular talent for bringing together things that were not necessarily expected to coexist. Greek antiquity appeared alongside pop imagery, Baroque ornament found its way onto silk shirts and metallic fabrics were worked into dresses that moved…
Queen Sirikit’s wardrobe brought Thai silk, historic forms and Paris couture into the visual language of twentieth-century diplomacy. La Mode en Majesté looks beyond royal style to a period in which clothing became closely involved in how modern Thailand represented…
At the Fondation Azzedine Alaïa in Paris, a new exhibition traces the presence of Africa across decades of the couturier’s work, revealing an influence carried through childhood memories, materials, colour and some of his most recognisable experiments with the body.…
Few designers have tested the limits of haute couture as persistently as Iris van Herpen. Since establishing her Amsterdam maison in 2007, she has developed a practice in which fashion moves through architecture, biology, engineering, contemporary art and science, bringing…
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…
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…
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,…
Craft, technique and mastery are often associated with preservation. They evoke heritage, tradition and knowledge passed from one generation to the next. At the Palais Galliera, however, Tisser, broder, sublimer: les savoir-faire de la mode invites visitors to look at…
