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Leading designers and fashion icons curate 'Fashion Statements' exhibition at LA's ASU FIDM museum

LA's only fashion museum, ASU FIDM museum, is set to unveil its inaugural exhibition curated by 36 creators and cultural influencers, including leading designers Jeremy Scott, Kevan Hall, Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte, fashion icons Dita Von Teese, and Oscar-nominated costume designer Arianne Phillips. Named "Fashion Statements," the...

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Fashion and Textile Museum is dedicating its next exhibition to Kaffe Fassett

The Fashion and Textile Museum in London is to open an exhibition dedicated to American-born, British-based artist Kaffe Fassett, one of the most prolific textile artists of our time known for his visions of colour, pattern and texture. ‘Kaffe Fassett: The Power of Pattern’ opens on September 23 and will run until March 12, 2023. The exhibition...

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Fashion and Textile Museum to celebrate needlework with new exhibition

The Fashion and Textile Museum in London is to highlight the versatility and skill of the Royal School of Needlework (RSN) and its 150-year history in its upcoming fashion exhibition. Opening on April 1, ‘150 Years of the Royal School of Needlework: Crown to Catwalk’ will feature more than 120 embroidered pieces and design ephemera spanning from...

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London's Fashion and Textile Museum to highlight Designers Guild

London’s Fashion and Textile Museum has announced that its feature exhibition in 2020 will be a celebration of 50 years of Designers Guild, an influential design company whose products have changed the way consumers view “colour, pattern and texture” in their homes. The ‘Out of the Blue: Fifty Years of Designers Guild’ exhibition opens on...

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London exhibition shows subversive side of the t-shirt

A wardrobe staple, the t-shirt is being celebrated in a London exhibition as a master communication tool used to carry subversive and campaigning messages to the world. "T-Shirt: Cult - Culture - Subversion" opens on Friday and runs to May 6 at London's Fashion and Textile Museum, where more than 100 t-shirts trace the impact it has had on...

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Anna Sui retrospective opens in London

The Fashion and Textile Museum in London has opened a retrospective on Anna Sui, marking the first time a living American fashion designer has been the focus of a retrospective in the UK. ‘The World of Anna Sui’ features more than 120 mannequins dressed in designs by New York-based designer Sui exploring the “glamorous and eclectic world’s of...

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Anna Sui retrospective opens in London

The Fashion and Textile Museum in London has opened a retrospective on Anna Sui, marking the first time a living American fashion designer has been the focus of a retrospective in the UK. ‘The World of Anna Sui’ features more than 120 mannequins dressed in designs by New York-based designer Sui exploring the “glamorous and eclectic world’s of...

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Fashion and Textile Museum to host Anna Sui exhibit

London - American fashion designer Anna Sui will be the focus of a new exhibition at London’s Fashion and Textile Museum next year to mark her brand’s 25th anniversary. Marking the first time an American designer has been the focus of a retrospective exhibition in the UK, The World of Anna Sui’ exhibition will feature more than 100 looks from...

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Talking menswear with Tommy Nutter exhibit curator

Fashion and design museums seem to be having a menswear moment. With London fashion week now hosting a standalone menswear day to great applaud from press and buyers, suddenly the ‘boring’ connotations of men’s designer wear are being turned around. On the back of this, a number of exhibits, of leading tailors are concurrently happening around...

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