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French luxury responds to Trump tariffs with cultural diplomacy

Facing a new era of trade tensions and tariffs under the Trump administration, the French luxury sector is leaning into its role as a “catalyst for cultural diplomacy.” Leading the charge is Comité Colbert, which has unveiled a strategic new exhibition in New York titled “Hidden Treasures: 250 Years of Franco-American Luxury Stories”. The...

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Why is everyone rushing to see the Virgil Abloh exhibition at the Grand Palais?

It is taking place within the walls of the Grand Palais, a powerful cultural and fashion venue that hosted Chanel's monumental shows under the direction of Karl Lagerfeld. The exhibition, titled “Virgil Abloh: The Codes”, is now making its own mark on the monument's history by attracting a crowd of visitors. Running for just a few days...

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PFW: FabriX exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo merges fashion and digital art

During Paris Fashion Week in September 2025, the exhibition “Fashion Meets Future: Designing Tomorrow, Defining Today” brings together fashion designers (Kevin Germanier, AlainPaul, Caroline Hu and Didu) and artists specialising in digital creation. The aim is to create a bridge between contemporary fashion creations and digital art. The...

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Issey Miyake: How IM Men explores new design methods

IM Men, part of the Japanese fashion house Issey Miyake, is currently hosting an exhibition at the Berlin-based retailer Andreas Murkudis. The autumn/winter 2025 collection is now also available there. This initiative aims to establish the brand in the German market and bring it closer to customers. What is behind the menswear brand, what makes...

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Colette concept store to be revived for Virgil Abloh exhibition at Grand Palais

From September 30 to October 9, 2025, the iconic concept store Colette will reopen its doors as a pop-up store for the “Virgil Abloh: The Codes” exhibition. The Parisian concept store Colette, created by Colette Roussaux and Sarah Andelman at 213 rue Saint-Honoré, is an absolute benchmark in the fashion world. Alongside Corso Como in Milan, it...

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Louvre Couture exhibition exceeds one million visitors

Over one million people visited the Louvre’s first exhibition dedicated to fashion, Louvre Couture. This marks the second highest attendance in the museum’s history, following the Leonardo da Vinci exhibition in 2019/2020. The museum announced this on Monday. This unprecedented exhibition, which opened on January 24 and closed on Sunday,...

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Grand Palais to host exhibition dedicated to the work of Virgil Abloh

Virgil Abloh: The Codes, the first major European exhibition dedicated to the work of Virgil Abloh (1980 - 2021), will be presented at the Grand Palais from September 30 (his birthday) to October 10, 2025. The exhibition will explore nearly two decades of Abloh’s multidisciplinary output through 20,000 archive items. It brings together hundreds...

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Retrospective: Kering celebrates Demna Gvasalia’s fashion creations for Balenciaga

The ‘Balenciaga by Demna’ exhibition was held at Kering. Open until July 9, 2025, it traced Gvasalia’s journey as creative director of Balenciaga, from 2015 to 2025. The cross-shaped installation had a religious feel. It began with a photocopy of the first email exchange between Balenciaga and Gvasalia, in which the brand stated it was not...

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Paris fashion museum sheds light on Rick Owens’ gothic universe

Paris – From Saturday, the Palais Galliera in Paris will shed light on the dark and gothic universe of American designer Rick Owens. This is the first French retrospective of this unique and avant-garde creator, a symbol of underground fashion. Also, for the first time, the Parisian fashion museum held an exhibition in daylight, which is not...

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Fashion and Textile Museum is dedicating its next exhibition to Kaffe Fassett

The Fashion and Textile Museum in London is to open an exhibition dedicated to American-born, British-based artist Kaffe Fassett, one of the most prolific textile artists of our time known for his visions of colour, pattern and texture. ‘Kaffe Fassett: The Power of Pattern’ opens on September 23 and will run until March 12, 2023. The exhibition...

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First-ever Birkin bag to go on display in new V&A exhibition

The V&A Museum’s next major fashion exhibition will be dedicated to bags and will feature the first-ever made Hermès Birkin bag owned by Jane Birkin, alongside Mulberry handbags worn by Kate Moss and Alexa Chung. The ‘Bags: Inside Out’ exhibition opening on November 21 will showcase almost 300 pieces and will be the UK’s most comprehensive...

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V&A launches curator tour of Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk exhibition

The V&A museum has launched a series of five films on YouTube that takes viewers on a personal, 30-minute behind-the-scenes tour of its Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk exhibition, which is currently closed to the public due to the coronavirus pandemic. Curator Anna Jackson guides viewers through the exhibition spaces, providing a personal insight into...