AAU Fashion Symposium 2013

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AAU Fashion Symposium 2013

This year’s annual School of Fashion Symposium welcomed 2013 Guests of Honor, Max and Lubov Azria, the creative forces behind global fashion house, BCBGMAXAZRIA, as well as esteemed journalist and style editor for the International Herald Tribune, Suzy Menkes

Out of the box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture at the Bata Shoe Museum

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Out of the box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture at the Bata Shoe Museum

The Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto is housed in a giant shoebox of a building — literally a concrete shoebox with a slightly tipped lid — and with the opening of its latest exhibition “Out of the Box:

Norman Parkinson: Style Exhibition

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Norman Parkinson: Style Exhibition

A century after his birth, Norman Parkinson’s remains a pivotal influence for fashion photography

Flipboard 2.0 is Flipping Awesome

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Flipboard 2.0 is Flipping Awesome

We are happy at Modeconnect to shout out our love for Flipboard. For one thing it makes our Tweets stream look awesome. Come on have a go, take a look, you’ll love it!

Shoe Obsession at the FIT Museum

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Shoe Obsession at the FIT Museum

Christian Louboutin said: “For me, a high heel can never be too high”. Over the past decade, designers like Louboutin have taken high heels to new extremes.

Salford Logo Challenge

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Salford Logo Challenge

Creative talent needs to be noticed before it can be recognised. While the internet multiplies exchange and communication possibilities

Biba and Beyond Brighton Museum

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Biba and Beyond Brighton Museum

Gayle Atkins’ Review of the Biba and Beyond: Barbara Hulanicki Exhibition at the Brighton Museum and Art Gallery In my home city of Brighton it was exciting to visit the Biba and Beyond exhibition at The Royal Pavilion Art Gallery. Uba-cool fashion legend Barbara Hulanicki, a Brighton raised fashion designer, was – partly – responsible ...

Fashion & Technology, FIT Museum

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Fashion & Technology, FIT Museum

Highlighting the intersection of fashion and technology over the past 250 year
Review of the Fashion and Technology Exhibition at the FIT Museum, New-York City, December 4, 2012 until May 8,

The Fashion Colloquia New York

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The Fashion Colloquia New York

Diana Vreeland once said, “You must always give ideas away. Under every idea is a new once waiting to be born.”

Exhibition: Fashioning Fashion, Paris

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Exhibition: Fashioning Fashion, Paris

In 2010, when I saw the exhibition Fashioning Fashion, European Dress in Detail 1700-1915 at the Los Angeles Country Museum of Art (LACMA) towards the end of its run, I was enthusiastic and saddened by the thought that I could not return to this exhibition.