NAMSA LEUBA: CROSSED LOOKS

Fashion | March 9, 2020

I am excited to introduce you to Cariuma - are markable sneaker company founded by two former industry execs who put people at the center of their mission. The founders saw a gap in the market for comfortable, good-looking, good-for-the-earth footwear that will never go out of style, creating true sustainability through natural premium materials and longevity of the product life cycle. Read more

Fashion | March 8, 2020

Until 12 July 2020, the MAK is showing a temporary intervention by Helmut Lang in the HELMUT LANG ARCHIVE, questioning the archive as a simultaneous collection, storage, and exhibition place, as a store of memories, and the potential of its use. Since retiring from the fashion industry in 2005, the 1956-born Austrian has concentrated on his artistic work, and 20 international museums have received his donations. The MAK is the only institution worldwide where the history of Helmut Lang's brand development and identity can be traced. Since 2014 a thematic area in the MAK DESIGN LAB is permanently dedicated to Helmut Lang. Read more

Fashion | March 7, 2020

The Savannah College of Art and Design presents "Patrick Kelly, The Journey", an exhibition of work by multidisciplinary artist Derrick Adams, now on view through July 19, 2020, at the globally renowned SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film in Atlanta. Read more

Fashion | March 3, 2020

Studio 54: Night Magic traces the radiant history, social politics, and trailblazing aesthetics of the most iconic nightclub of all time. Read more

Fashion | March 3, 2020

he award-winning design agency Faber Futures, founded by designer Natsai Audrey Chieza, presents a new display exploring how design can learn from nature to develop new materials and systems. Read more

Fashion | February 23, 2020

Masters of Cut brings together sleek designs and impeccably tailored looks by beloved designers Azzedine Alaïa (1935-2017) and Gilbert Adrian (1903-1959). Garments on view display the intricate detailing of Adrian's suits - the mitered stripes, clever seaming, and unexpected appliqués - in dialogue with Alaïa's body-celebrating designs. Pairing their work, the exhibition reveals the designers' intertwined and enduring legacies. Read more

Fashion | February 22, 2020

In July SEEK will show the relevance it has acquired over the years. SEEK is the coolest trade show for miles around. From small to big: great, market relevant brands that bring in sales and show you today what will be worn on the streets tomorrow. Inside the SEEK community a special sense of integrity prevails, which leads to a friendly, unrivalled atmosphere in which you can do excellent business. Every player in the fashion market has to become aware of this. No one goes past SEEK any more. Read more

Fashion | February 21, 2020

The room is stark, empty, nearly spotless. The initial astonishment gradually gives way to reflection and conjecture. The eye wanders. Read more

Fashion | February 19, 2020

On 25 April 2020, the V&A will open Bags: Inside Out, the UK's most comprehensive exhibition dedicated to the ultimate accessory. From designer handbags to despatch boxes, vanity cases to military rucksacks, the exhibition will explore our longstanding fascination with the bag. Featuring innovative designs from Mulberry to Karl Lagerfeld, statement handbags worn by Margaret Thatcher to Sarah Jessica Parker, the heritage of Hermès to the streetwear of Off-White, and an exclusive look inside the world of the factory and atelier; Bags: Inside Out provides an unprecedented look at this global obsession. Read more

Fashion | February 16, 2020

The delicateness of the lace, the lightness of the silk, the finesse of the motifs and the expert couture: the Fashion & Lace Museum invites visitors to discover the sensual, sophisticated world of Carine Gilson and also offers a historic dialogue with lace through symbolic pieces from the incomparable collection of the Museums of the City of Brussels. Read more

Fashion | February 15, 2020

You might have seen the Aftersocks on social media or on the TV; they're the innovative socks with a "barely-there" sole that have got everyone talking. Since launching in August, the company's founders have been rushed off their feet. Read more

Fashion | February 11, 2020

BIG HORN found in 2011. BIG HORN is Hong Kong's first brand for creative design eyewear. Founder and designer, "Kevin Ching" aims to design eyewear with full of fashion art style and mix with different cultures.4 Read more

Fashion | February 9, 2020

Jean Paul Gaultier is a benign voyeur, curious about everything and fascinated by difference. Worlds untouched by the standardisation of fashion are grounds for stylistic expression. By transposing, distorting and assembling, he succeeds in cross-border blending. As early as the Return of Prints collection (Women’s RTW Spring/Summer 1984), Gaultier was mixing the African and the European, draping his models in tunics or kaftan miniskirts and accessorising them with a fez. Read more

Fashion | February 5, 2020

In 1947 Christian Dior was the right man in the right place at the right time. That year, in Paris, the fashion capital of the world, he launched a brand new fashion house that bore his name. Read more

Fashion | January 23, 2020

We believe that it's the small things and everyday moments in life that make us truly happy. In everything we do we aspire to make those small things and moments extra special and enjoyable. Read more

Fashion | January 21, 2020

To celebrate the reopening of its fashion galleries, entirely renovated thanks to the patronage of Stephen and Christine Schwarzman, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs will present a major exhibition dedicated to Harper's Bazaar. Read more

Fashion | January 8, 2020

After its global success, Vegan Fashion Week returns to Los Angeles for its third edition in March 2020. Vegan Fashion Week has proven to be a historic event and is the leading ethical fashion movement in the world. This season's theme, "Fashion is Activism," explored the challenges surrounding ecological and climate change through the lenses of fashion, creativity, ethics, ecology, science, technology, and legal practices."The relationship between fashion, factory farming, and climate change cannot be ignored. Vegan sustainable fashion is the ultimate answer to climate change and waste pollution. I created an inclusive and collaborative movement dedicated to redesigning the industry and the consumers' daily habits" says Vegan Fashion Week creator and animal rights activist, Emmanuelle Rienda. Read more

Fashion | January 1, 2020

Founded in 2007, Paperwallet is an international e-commerce brand specializing in minimalist wallets with a twist. With an equal focus on functionality, design, and style, Paperwallet accessories are a modern alternative to traditional leather wallets. Each Paperwallet product features a limited-edition design created by artists from around the world. The Paperwallet brand originates from hustle and humble beginnings. Read more

Fashion | December 29, 2019

This fall, the Philadelphia Museum of Art presents Off the Wall: American Art to Wear, a major exhibition that highlights a distinctive American art movement that emerged in the late 1960s and flourished during the following decades. Read more

Fashion | December 27, 2019

The Costume Institute’s fall 2019 exhibition, In Pursuit of Fashion: The Sandy Schreier Collection, features promised gifts from Sandy Schreier, a pioneering collector who over the course of more than half a century assembled one of the finest private fashion collections in the United States. Read more

Fashion | December 26, 2019

From September 12, 2019, through February 23, 2020, the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) will present a major retrospective of the iconic American fashion designer Anna Sui. Read more

Fashion | December 22, 2019

The Museum at FIT presents Power Mode: The Force of Fashion, an exhibition that explores the multiple roles fashion plays in establishing, reinforcing, and challenging power dynamics within society. Power Mode features over 50 objects from the museum’s permanent collection, many of which have never before been on public view. Read more

Fashion | December 15, 2019

Eyepetizer has filled a void. Plastics with important shapes have dictated the rules for a long time in a process that seemed, if not irreversible, at least lasting. Traditional coloured lenses on bold frames, plastics in classic shapes and not always very elaborate. Read more

Fashion | December 13, 2019

A quest for the perfect running sensation: with its revolutionary idea, the Swiss running shoe On has taken the global running scene with speed. Read more

Fashion | December 10, 2019

Fashion and Heritage mantain a pardoxical dialogue that contrast the ephemeral with the permanent. This dialogue is embodied by Cristóbal Balenciaga. In 2018, the Cristóbal Balenciaga Museum began this curatorial series in order to explore, by means of a chronological and evolutionary discourse of the work by the couturier from Getaria, the process due to which what was in its day a simple item of clothing is today part of a Museum collection. Read more

Fashion | December 5, 2019

SCAD FASH presents Form & Function: Shoe Art by Chris Francis, an exhibition of iconic footwear by the Los Angeles-based shoe designer. Francis blurs the line between art and fashion, implementing unconventional techniques and materials. Read more

Fashion | November 16, 2019

"I work with masks as autonomous works of art as well as action-objects. For me the mask is a place where different elements come together as situation. The work is about this place-situation, more so than the mask as a theme or category of form. The mask is a place. Read more

Fashion | November 13, 2019

MoMu - Fashion Museum Antwerp and Texture Kortrijk are set to welcome visitors to 'Textile as Resistance', a defiant new exhibition created in collaboration with journalist Samira Bendadi and photographer Mashid Mohadjerin. This storytelling and photography exhibition will run from November 15, 2019 until February 16, 2020 at Texture Kortrijk and will travel on to Kunsthal Extra City Antwerp from March 21 until April 19 2020. Refuge, resistance, hope, happiness, tradition, beauty, spirituality and decolonization. Read more