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Header / All pictures from CHANEL Catwalk. Karl Lagerfeld - die Kollektionen / München, London, New York, 2016.

Karl & Coco. How LAGERFELD shaped CHANEL

When the trendy designer Karl Lagerfeld took over CHANEL in 1983, the brand was everything but trendy: Gabrielle Chanel had died in 1971 and the six (!) fashion designers, who …

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Fashion Talk: Karl LAGERFELD & A LINE OF BEAUTY at the MET Museum

A new Fashion Talk is here: @lizsteiger from PELAGONA & THE PINK LOOKBOOK and I are focusing on no other than the notorious Karl Lagerfeld and the grand exhibition, that …

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FACTION talks: MET GALA 2023

This is a premiere on & for Madame FACTION: I have teamed up with designer & author Liz Steiger from THE PINK LOOKBOOK & PELAGONA to review the Met Gala …

GOLD / Exhibition view / Musée Yves Saint Laurent / 2023 / Fashion © Yves Saint Laurent / Photo © Ivana Novoselac

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All that GLITTERS is GOLD. Yves Saint Laurent’s gold exhibition

All that glitters was Yves Saint Laurent’s obsession: From buttons and jewelry to dresses and coats – GOLD was the ingredient to the unique glamour of his designs. The Musée …

Exhibition view / Années 80. Mode, design et graphisme en France / 2023 / Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs

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MORE is MORE. The 80s design exhibition at the MAD Paris

Back in 1980 the saying “more is more” was to be uplifted to new heights: Vibrant colors, extreme shapes, an unseen body cult and design eclecticism were to become the …

Exhibition View, Schiaparelli at the MAD Paris, 2023.

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Schiaparelli by Roseberry. A visual feast

As you have seen with my last article on Elsa Schiaparelli, the Italian couturiere caused a stir more than once with her Surrealist Couture during the interwar period. But after …

Header, Schiaparelli and Cocteau, Evening Jacket, 1937, Schiaparelli show, MAD Paris, 2023

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Elsa Schiaparelli. When Surrealism became Couture

Portraying intelligent Glamour. The Tate Britain’s six style stars

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Walking through the Tate Britain not only offers vast collections of British Art but also reveals two secret ingredients of many of the portrayed: Style and Charisma! So come with …

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Yves Saint Laurent. About the Art of Fashion

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Discover the Art of the Fashion of Yves Saint Laurent – as fabulously illustrated by the grand Parisian exhibition #YSLauxMusées!

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Bernhard Bilek’s TRÜMMERHERZ. Between rough words and pastel costumes

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Trümmerherz, (c) Alex Gotter Creating costumes probably is the most intriguing but also most complex of all forms of fashion design. Costumes must fit into a story’s narration, its era …