Devil may wear Prada, but Virgin Mary dons Louis Vuitton
The devil may well wear Prada, but at a biennial exhibition of sacred art in Italy, a statue of the Virgin Mary is donning Louis Vuitton, local newspaper Il Centro reported on Thursday.
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Grace Kelly's classic style comes alive in London
You'd better hurry if you want to see the hats, shoes, dresses and immaculate gloves at "Grace Kelly: Style Icon" exhibition, in the V&A museum, London. The essential style elements which...
History sewn up in buttons
Since the dawn of time when early man draped himself in animal pelts, he has needed a way of opening and closing his clothing. An exhibition in Paris pays tribute to this often...
Exhibition opens wardrobes of opera's super stars
The sumptuous salmon pink gown worn by Maria Callas in 1964 in Bellini's "Norma", one of her most famous roles, still looks immaculate, but it has a flaw: a tiny square of fabric is missing.
Grace Kelly's dresses go on show in London
The spectacular wardrobe of Grace Kelly, the glamorous Hollywood film actress and princess of Monaco, goes on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Bottling it up: Taipei's plastic brick pavilion
A Taiwan company has built a three-storey exhibition hall using 1.5 million plastic bottles instead of bricks to raise interest in recycling, creating what the builder described as a...
Carnaby Street celebrates 50 years of style
Carnaby Street, epicentre of Britain's Swinging Sixties revolution and spiritual home of fashion milestones like the miniskirt, is marking half a century of trend-setting.
Exhibit lifts the skirts on feminine footwear
Centuries before Sarah Palin and Michelle Obama were sized up over their shoes women's feet had been a platform for showing off their economic and political status.
Maison Martin Margiela ‘20’ The Exhibition to be held at Somerset House
This summer, from the 3rd of June to the 5th of September, Somerset House in London will host the Maison Martin Margiela ‘20’ The Exhibition – a celebration of twenty years of fashion...
British Bridal Exhibition returns in March
Europe’s largest bridalwear exhibition, British Bridal Exhibition (BBEH), returns to Harrogate this March in the halls of the Harrogate Exhibition Centre and surrounding hotels.
Diesel names new artistic director
Italian casual clothing brand Diesel has named French journalist Bruno Collin, founder of the fashion magazine WAD, as its new artistic director.
Costume exhibition celebrates Diaghilev's passion
Legendary impresario Serge Diaghilev is associated above all with the Ballets Russes, but his first love was music and it was opera that he initially brought to Paris.
Former first lady's clothes mirror Turkey's journey
An evening gown slit discreetly from the neck to the navel worn by Turkey's former first lady Mevhibe Inonu is on show in an Istanbul exhibition, tracing how her style helped define the...
Anglo-Saxon treasure worth over 3 million pounds
A record hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure found in a field in Staffordshire was valued at more than three million pounds, to be split equally between the man who found it and the owner of...
If couture could talk: collection charts women's lives
Owning more than 3,000 dresses, many of them designer, many from a era long gone, is a dream for most women. For Sydney-based fashion curator Charlotte Smith, it's a reality.
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