Fashion Forward, 3 siècles de mode (1715-2016) The Arts Décoratifs fashion collection now comprises more than 150,000 works, ranging from ancient textiles to haute couture creations and emblematic silhouettes of ready-to-wear fashion, but also including accessories, major collections of drawings and photographs, and the archives of iconic creators such as Elsa Schiaparelli, Madeleine Vionnet and Cristobal Balenciaga.
Now France’s foremost national collection, it is the result of the amalgamation of two admirable collections, that of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs since its creation in 1864, and that of the Union Française des Arts du Costume (UFAC), founded in 1948 and currently presided by Pierre Bergé, of which the Musée des Arts Décoratifs is the proud custodian. The three hundred pieces, selected from a collection constantly enriched by donations and acquisitions, take us on a journey through time, highlighting the key moments in fashion history from the very late 17th century to the most contemporary creation. KARL LAGERFELD EXHIBITION IN FLORENCE. Masterworks: Unpacking Fashion. The Costume Institute's fall 2016 exhibition will feature significant acquisitions of the past 10 years and explore how the department has honed its collecting strategy to amass masterworks of the highest aesthetic and technical quality, including iconic works by designers who have changed fashion history and advanced fashion as an art form.
During the seven decades since The Costume Institute became part of The Met in 1946, that collecting strategy has shifted from creating a collection of Western high fashion that is encyclopedic in breadth to one focused on acquiring masterworks. The exhibition, in the Anna Wintour Costume Center, will highlight approximately 60 of these masterworks from the early 18th century to the present. The Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Gallery will be organized chronologically with ensembles shown in packing crates and on palettes, as though they have just arrived at The Met.
#FashionMasterworks. PHILLIPS : Mert & Marcus: Works 2001-2014, London & Paris 24 October – 16 November 2016, London 24 October – 3 November 2016Viewing: Monday – Saturday 10am-6pm, Sunday 12-6pmParis 9 – 16 November 2016 Viewing: Monday – Saturday 10am-6pm.
Burberry teams up with Harrods for 2016 Christmas Windows. London department store Harrods is working with fashion house Burberry to tell “A Very British Fairy Tale.”
The retailer’s effort for holiday 2016 will kick off in November when its window displays facing Brompton Road are unveiled. Holiday windows attract crowds of shoppers and passersby, allowing the retail host to become part of consumers' traditions. A British wonderlandHarrods’ holiday windows will see the creation of a snow covered landscape and two small children as its protagonists. David Hockney - Exhibition at Tate Britain. Dates 9 February – 29 May 2017 Extended opening hours (David Hockney exhibition and exhibition shop only, with the rest of the gallery closing at 18.00, unless otherwise stated) Open until 22.00 every Friday and Saturday Sunday 30 April until 22.00.
RMN - Grand Palais Fantin-Latour (1836-1904) Première Vision's Pascaline Wilhelm on what young textiles designers should master. Because in the end, all fashion design roads lead back to the fabric.
Want to know what the next Céline collection might look like? Stalk Phoebe Philo at Première Vision — the most renowned textiles and fabric trade fair, which was born when 15 weavers from Lyon got together and presented their work at the International Textile Centre in Paris in 1973.