Installation view of “Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art,” at the V&A Museum in London. (Photo: Jamie Stoker) It is a self-evident fact that fashion and visual arts go hand in hand. But for Elsa Schiaparelli, it wasn’t just about these two studies that coexist. In his mind, it was about bringing them together completely, so that … Read more
As a major exhibition of avant-garde fashion house Schiaparelli opens at London’s V&A, curator Sonnet Stanfill walks Dezeen through five highlights and hidden gems you won’t want to miss. Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art is the first UK exhibition dedicated to the building founded by the late Elsa Schiaparelli in 1927, known for interpreting the surrealist … Read more
NOVENTA VICENTINA, Italy — “I was born with a needle in my arm and I will have a needle in my arm until my last day.” Spoken by a student who is part of Staff International’s School of Craftsmanship in a short film shown in the company on Friday, this quote showed the love that … Read more
Peter Smithson’s wife, Belise, has never worried about receiving a corset from Japan or knickers made of wool and they don’t help her. “No, she never saw it as weird,” said Smithson, a chemistry teacher and major Vivienne Westwood collector. He has never judged it. You get it. You know it’s part of who I … Read more
Antwerp Six exhibition at MoMu – Fashion Museum Antwerp MoMu – Fashion Museum Antwerp celebrates the designers of the Antwerp Six with greatness show dedicated to their crafts and history. 40 years after the London group began, the museum is highlighting their works in an authorized exhibition, which will run from March 28, 2026 until … Read more