#womenfashionpower: How influential women have used fashion to define and enhance their position in the world

Women Fashion Power – Look at what the woman next to you is saying.   Confidence is very powerful. From Elizabeth I to Margaret Thatcher, Coco Chanel to Lady Gaga, the clothes women wear have always been a powerful form of self-expression and part of a sophisticated visual language. WOMEN FASHION POWER exhibition opened at Design … Read more

Ten Years of Design Miami/. Peter Marino named inaugural recipient of Design Visionary award

Design Miami/ celebrates its 10th Anniversary.The high-end design fair launches a new program of galleries, exhibitions and events to celebrate the fair’s tenth edition and ongoing legacy; names Peter Marino the recipient of the first Design Visionary award for his outstanding contributions to the field of design; and commissions Minneapolis-based designer Jonathan Muecke to create the … Read more

La Collection des Essences: Francis Kurkdjian for Elie Saab

La Collection des Essences: Elie Saab’s haute couture expertise brought to the world of perfume. Fashion designer Elie Saab is bringing the haute couture expertise of the luxury fashion house to the world of perfume. Together with famous French-Armenian contemporary perfumer Francis Kurkdjian (winner of the Prix François Coty in 2001 for his lifetime achievements), … Read more

Step back in time and retrace the “50s – fashion in France”. Haute Couture’s golden age

In February 1947, the Christian Dior‘s first collection revolutionizes the codes of the fashion and the femininity. A new exhibition at the Parisian Palais Galliera titled “The 50s: Fashion in France, 1947-1957” returns on the great fashion moments of this decade considered the haute couture’s golden age. 100 outfits and accessories from the Palais Galliera- … Read more

Fabulous installations in feathers @ “The Birds of Paradise” at MoMu Fashion Museum Antwerp

The “Birds of Paradise” exhibition: feather fans and the art of the plumassier. Yves Saint Laurent not only marked the emancipation of women, but also of the feather as a prefect symbol of lightness. Fabulous installations in feathers at the MoMu Fashion Museum Antwerp open the gate to exploring the use of plumes & feathers … Read more

“Mondrian and his Studios” immersive exhibition. One of modern art’s greatest influencers celebrated at Tate Liverpool

Tate Liverpool museum marks the 70th anniversary of Piet Mondrian’s death with “Mondrian and his Studios” spectacular exhibition, with a life-size reconstruction of his Paris studio being a highlight. Taking visitors through Paris, London and eventually New York, the exhibition tracks Mondrian’s personal and aesthetic journey, and finds threads between the two: a major highlight is … Read more