Krystyna Campbell-Pretty Fashion Gift: Haute Couture at NGV
Krystyna Campbell-Pretty Fashion Gift at NGV International, showcases a rare suite of Chanel’s iconic little black dresses against a backdrop of global fine art
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Dior: 70 Years of Haute Couture – Fashion Fairytale at NGV
House of Dior Seventy Years of Haute Couture on show at the National Gallery of Victoria is a fashion coup, a glamorous presentation of sublime taste and style
Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion – Design Legacy at V & A, London
The fashion design legacy of Spanish born fashion designer Cristobal Balenciaga who used drape, shape & cut to catch the eye will be on show at the V & A in May
The House of Dior: Seventy Years of Haute Couture at NGV
National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) will present a never-before-seen exhibition The House of Dior: Seventy Years of Haute Couture, August 27 to November 7, 2017
Viktor&Rolf: Fashion Artists – Cutting Edge Couture at NGV
Unveiling a luxurious world-premiere exhibition Viktor&Rolf: Fashion Artists at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), the dynamic duo prove fashion can be art
Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology at The Met
Manus x Machina: Fashion in the Age of Technology, coordinated by Andrew Bolton, Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute at The Met, New York, starts May 5
The First Monday in May – A High Fashion & Celebrity Film
Vogue Editor in Chief Anna Wintour and her colleagues pose a question in the high fashion documentary, The First Monday in May, should fashion be viewed as art?
The Dressmaker Costume Exhibition – Revenge & Haute Couture
The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and Film Art Media present a costume exhibition at Barwon Park from the award winning Australian film The Dressmaker
Oscar de la Renta – Vale To A True Gentleman Of Couture
Last Monday the 22nd of October 2014 saw the passing of 82 year old couture legend, Oscar de la Renta (1932-2014). Here was a man of true style and class, a man whose designs made women look and feel feminine. Just ask Sarah Jessica Parker. She was the hit of…
Charles James: Beyond Fashion at The Met – Jo Bayley Reports
As you might have all guessed by now I LOVE FASHION! Thinking about it, I tried to pinpoint a favourite designer, but I don’t think I favour one in particular. There are some whose aesthetic I don’t quite understand but can appreciate, and others who I immediately “get”. Then, there…
Jean Paul Gaultier, Landmark NGV Show – Sidewalk to Catwalk
The Jean Paul Gaultier sidewalk to catwalk show opens at the National Gallery Victoria October 17, 2014 presenting 140+ garments including those for celebrities
Collette Dinnigan – End Of An Era Showcasing Design & Style
Just shy of a quarter of a century in business, the fashion world was shocked to hear of designer darling Collette Dinnigan’s decision to wind down her high end label “Collette Dinnigan” at the end of 2013. 24 years is a long time in the fickle world of fashion, and…
Fashion Festivities @ Melbourne – Creating Style
Fillies in fabulous frocks showing off their festival form and fine fetlocks usually happens at Melbourne in November at the horse racing event of the Australian calendar, the Melbourne Cup. But even the fastest of them would not finish ahead of the ferocious fashionista’s all clad in fantastic finery competing, clamouring and cramming into celebratory events all over the city during L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival Week March 14 – 20, 2011.