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Austrian eyewear label Andy Wolf launched the campaign and sustainability project 'Grow With Us' Austrian eyewear label Andy Wolf presented the latest sustainability project and campaign 'Grow With Us' together with the new collection of frames for optical glasses and sunglasses...
New H&M Man 'Essentials' range was presented with combinable classical streetwear styles The concept of the range is based on the matchable design of each single piece; especially the color tones of the trousers or shirts, sweaters enable this wardrobe-space saving combination feature. Part of the H&M Essentials range of trousers, overshirt, sweatshirt, oxford shirt or sneakers is the...
MAK Museum of Applied Arts will open in Spring 2022 the '(Con)Temporary Fashion Showcase' at the palace Geymüllerschlössel in Vienna The MAK program 2022 was presented at the annual press conference by the museum's new Director Lilli Hollein who orchestrates the museum and its branches as meeting places where interdisciplinary and interculturality are practiced together with a diverse audience. Interactivity at exhibitions, events is one of the pillars of the upcoming program such as at the '(Con)Temporary Fashion Showcase' in the museum branch Geymüllerschlössel...
Color and lifestyle trends SS2022 presented by hat producer Mayser: Vitality, infinity, intensity German hat producer Mayser is known for combining classical styles from sporty to elegant with contemporary looks and lifestyle trends such as presented at the latest trend release Spring/Summer 2022 where sporty hats inspired by outdoor activities like camping, hiking, gardening are on view. The active lifestyle trend is titled 'Vitality'...
Olympic posters for the exploration of artistic, political and social developments exhibited at the website paris2024.org and in the streets of the French capital While the world looks forward to the next Olympic Winter Games 2022 Beijing which will begin on 4 February, the capital city of France is already in preparation for the next Olympic Summer Games 2024 Paris. At the website and at the currently running exhibition at the railings of the Town Hall in Paris, posters of the Olympic Summer Games are displayed with information about the artists and description of the artworks. At the website, the gallery starts with the poster of the Summer Games 1900 in Paris showing a woman fencer. The poster is described with closer details such as the name of the artist Jean de Paléologue, the outfit, sports gear of the athlete, and what makes the poster historically extraordinary...
Deciphering the designs of the victory ceremony costumes of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 The Olympic Winter Games will start on 4 February in Beijing. Recently, the first views at the cultural side of the games with information about the designs of the mascot and the emblem were presented. Now, the ideas and meaning behind the three costume sets for the victory ceremonies were published. The designs of the outfits in the color versions red and blue are developed from three sources - the cultural heritage of China, modern fashion, and the aesthetics of the Olympic sports event...
Research results on the instrumentalisation of fashion in Austria under the Nazi regime are exhibited as part of 'Vienna Falls in Line' until 24 April 2022 at Wien Museum MUSA Crucial for building a consciousness of being a society of diverse and equal members is the mediation of an objective, critical view on historical structures such as the ones which led in the 1930s to inhumane behavior that was legalized by law and enforced with organizations and associations which decided over the right to work respectively the quality of work by evaluating additionally a person's mind setting in a political sense for being in line with the regime. These aspects were researched among others by the curators Ingrid Holzschuh and Sabine Plakolm-Forsthuber for the exhibition 'Vienna Falls in Line. The Politics of Art under National Socialism.' Several of the research objects from the extensive archive of documents and collections of artworks are exhibited until 24 April 2022 at Wien Museum MUSA such as insights into the 'House of Fashion' (Haus der Mode) where education, professions, production, export and propaganda for Austrian clothing and textiles were planned and carried out...
Vienna Insights: Preview of the costume designs by Stefano Canulli for the Holiday on Ice show 'Supernova' (19 - 30 Jan 2022) Fashion.at looked through the press material for fashion related news and found the announcement of the Holiday on Ice show 'Supernova' from 19 to 30 January 2022 in Vienna. The galactic story is described closer at the website of Stadthalle Wien where the ice show, choreographed and directed by former professional athlete, figure skater (Olympic gold medalist) Robin Cousins, will happen. Not on view on the website are the great sketches by costume designer Stefano Canulli which were set for the presentation to the media in relation to the realized designs. The name of the Italian costume, fashion illustrator and designer Stefano Canulli is mentioned online together with iconic designers like Thierry Mugler, Philip Treacy...
Artistic visual works of Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 and sports images by Austrian photographer Lothar Rübelt exhibited at 'Rêver en blanc' at TOM - The Olympic Museum, Lausanne Artworks like posters, athlete's sports gear and clothing or pictures by press and sports photographers document the developments of new technologies, sports and the growing gender equality beginning with the first Olympic Winter Games in 1924 in Chamonix, France, where 258 athletes competed at 16 events in 9 disciplines of 5 sports like skiing or skating, until nowadays with outlooks on strategies for making the games more responsible, climate friendly and inclusive. In 1924, 5% of the athletes were women; in 2022, more than 45% of the athletes will be female...
Kempinski Hotels opened virtual 'Kempinski Boutique' with a range of furnishing, home textiles and bath & spa products The virtual Kempinski Boutique of the Kempinski Hotels (79 hotels in 34 countries) was launched in Europe and the Middle East at a time when the lockdown in Austria just ended with the opening of hospitality services...
Austria Insights: Preview of the concept of the costume designs for Verdi's opera 'Nabucco' at the Oper im Steinbruch in Burgenland (13 July until 14 August 2022) In the week before the full lockdown is starting on Monday, 22nd November in Austria, the 'Opera in the Quarry' (Oper im Steinbruch) provided insights into the preparations for next year's production, the freedom opera 'Nabucco' by Guiseppe Verdi (1842). Daniel Serafin, Artistic Director of the Oper im Steinbruch, cooperates for the realisation of 'Nabucco' with an international team of specialists of opera and arena productions. The name of director Francisco Negrin is known from opera, arena, stadium productions - and fashion such as the Louis Vuitton Fall 2020/21 show. Responsible for the costumes of the opera 'Nabucco' is Pepe Corzo...
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Olympic Team Austria publishes insights into the fitting of apparel, shoes,...in Vienna: Olympic 2x gold medalist Matthias Mayer in outfits for the Winter Games Beijing 2022. Among the eleven outfitters of the Olympic Team Austria are brands like Millet (heat clothing), Erima (sports and training clothing), Salomon (winter running and leisure shoes), Eisbär (wool hats, headband, functional hat).
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How an investigative art research brought a drawing from the Albertina to the Jewish Museum in Vienna The recently published story is playing in the Albertina and the Jewish Museum Vienna and goes over several chapters of investigative art research. It reads like a criminalistic investigation into a case from 1939 when Adella Feuer had to sell a pencil drawing to the Albertina Museum as she wasn't allowed to take it with her on her escape from Vienna...
Tips for climate friendly traveling: The RailJet from Vienna or the Alpen Express from Amsterdam are two of six trains on European rail routes presented by Zell am See-Kaprun Recently, Zell am See-Kaprun started the Après Ski alternative initiative at selected gastronomy locations with the pandemic-adapted safety concept 'Après Chill' with two main differences to Après Ski especially concerning music and dancing. Now, the region - which is also one of the country's climate and energy tourism focus regions - presented its latest practicable implementation of one of Austria's goals. This time it's the reduction of the CO2 footprint with measures like mobility services which make car-free holidays more comfortable than driving your own vehicle from Vienna or Munich to the hotel and every day of the holidays to the slopes...
Vienna Fashion Week organizers invite to the Designer Super Sale with range of fashion by Austrian designers at Vienna Ballhaus (3 - 5 February) Four women from the Viennese retail, model and event business teamed up with Austrian designers for the organization of the upcoming Designer Super Sale which happens from 3 to 5 February at the Vienna Ballhaus at Berggasse 5. Initiators of the Designer Super Sale are the co-founders of Vienna Fashion Week and owners of 'Not Another Concept Store'...
Tour dates of the international Red Bull Illume photo exhibition series in SES shopping malls in Europe from January 2022 until February 2023 The schedule of the European tour dates of the traveling exhibition of adventure and action sports photographs by 56 finalists of the 6th edition of the international Red Bull Illume photo competition with dates from 18 January 2022 until 11 February 2023 and 23 destinations at SES Spar European Shopping Centers in five countries was released recently. The tour is part of the global event series of the Red Bull Illume exhibition which is currently on view in Aspen, USA...
Preview of the Designforum Vienna exhibition of designs by students of the 'Industrial Design' programme of the University of Applied Sciences Joanneum Graz (20 Jan - 6 Mar 2022) The students of the Industrial Design Institute of the University of Applied Sciences Joanneum Graz under the direction of Thomas Feichtner will show objects developed from a holistic view on the production and usage of goods including aspects like the sustainability of materials, socially relevant topics, and changing user experiences under consideration of cultural, social and ecological situations...
Austrian fashion & food labels give a sunny outlook for Spring/Summer 2022 The first impression of the outlook for Spring/Summer 2022 is that the next warm season will become more enjoyable than summer ever was - not only because the current omicron wave appears like a tough testing of how much stress can be endured. At one of the latest media releases that reached Fashion.at, products from farms and vineyards are presented together with fashion and lifestyle pieces by Austrian and German producers with a postcard-like visual which spreads summer lightness. Author of the media release with appealing collage that tells the story of a lighthearted living, of happiness and taste is Vienna-based PR agency 'Sister Act'...
Free exhibition tours powered by Wiener Netze at the Vienna Museum of Technology with focus on women in science & research Supporting women to step into the fields of science and research is one of the main topics of the political agenda in Vienna. The 'powered by Wiener Netze'-tours are a chance to learn about the impact women have in constructing our world like Austrian architect Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky whose design of the Frankfurter Kitchen was a groundbreaking concept for home furnishing, French physicist Marie Curie whose findings, keyword radioactivity, revolutionized medicine, or English mathematician Ada Lovelace who is considered the first programmer...
Exhibition guided tour tip with free entry in Vienna! Leopold Museum visitor entries and 'Vienna Modernism' guided tours are for free thanks to the support of internationally active Austrian construction company and art patron PORR Every first Thursday of the month between 18:00 and 21:00, visitor entries to the Leopold Museum Vienna are free. Today on 6th January 2022, the collaboration between Leopold Museum and art supporter PORR started. At the special monthly PORR NIGHT, visitors are additionally invited to attend the one-hour guided tour through the exhibition 'Vienna 1900. Birth of Modernism'...
Exploration tour tip in Vienna: Experiencing cultures of the Silk Road with all senses at the exhibition 'Dust & Silk. Steppe and Silk Roads' at Weltmuseum and its collaborative partner 'D-Bar' with the motto 'Discovery' at The Ritz-Carlton The Ritz-Carlton 'D-Bar' continues the collaboration with the Weltmuseum in Vienna which has started with the exhibition 'The Aztecs' as inspiration for twelve cocktail creations and a menu in the format of a travel diary. On occasion of the new exhibition 'Dust & Silk. Steppe and Silk Roads', the D-Bar team followed again the bar's motto 'Discovery' and researched on the cultures and tastes along the Silk Road and its exceptional destinations...
Indoor pool, spa for holistic environment experience: 'Paracelsus Bad & Kurhaus' won the Austrian State Prize in Architecture and Sustainability 2021 For Viennese, Salzburg is a great destination for a short trip over two or three days to visit museums, for shopping, culinary and for recreation such as possible at the public bath and therapeutic treatment area 'Paracelsus Bad & Kurhaus'. The architects, Vienna-based Finnish-Austrian architect office BERGER+PARKKINEN received for the energy efficient and ecological quality construction of the building one of four Austrian State Prizes in the category 'Architecture and Sustainability' which focuses under Climate Protection Minister Leonore Gewessler on exceptional achievements in the field of sustainable construction and renovation...
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