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The V&A museum presents Fashion in Motion: Harris Reed

March 4, 2022

THE Victoria & Albert museum’s beloved Fashion in Motion series is returning with a focus on fashion designer Harris Reed. The exhibition offers a look into highlights from Reed’s collections during a speci...

Glass reviews Charlie Porter’s book What Artists Wear

Charlie Newman

May 12, 2021

Books, Fashion, Feature

ACCORDING to studies, we glance at art on average for 27 seconds, even less when admiring a strangers outfit on the street– and yet the visual power of both experiences can stay with us for a lifetime. If we we...

V&A brings Glastonbury Festival to our screens with new online platform

Molly Denton

June 22, 2020

Culture, News

WITH festival season cancelled for the foreseeable future, many of us have started to hold impromptu garden-fests to fill the void. Dancing away in the lockdown-sun, listening to our favourite artists, and sing...

Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk at the V&A

Alicia Pountney

October 21, 2019

Fashion, News

THE TIMELESSNESS of the kimono, from its origins in traditional Japanese dress to a costume for popstars, makes it a worthy exhibitor for Europe’s first major exhibition on kimono at the V&A. The kimono is ...

V&A 20th anniversary Fashion in Motion series presents Guo Pei’s first UK runway show

Alicia Pountney

October 10, 2019

Fashion, Fashion Shows, News

CELEBRATING the 20th anniversary of Fashion in Motion, the V&A will be hosting a landmark presentation by Chinese couturier Guo Pei in the museum’s Raphael Gallery. Famed for designing Rihanna’s yellow gown...

Glass discovers the V&A’s upcoming Dior exhibition

Rachel Parker

October 17, 2018

Exhibitions, Fashion, News

FEW figures in fashion have the had seismic impact or resounding legacy of Christian Dior, and an upcoming exhibition at London’s V&A promises to explore both, diving deep into the world of one of the most ...

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