7 fashion fairs to visit in 2022

In 2022 there are plenty of fashion shows to enjoy – from Alber Elbaz’s museum-treated Paris Fashion Week tribute event in Paris to a focus on menswear in London, a celebration of American fashion’s continuation in New York, and a retrospective on the late fashion designer Gianni Versace. in the Netherlands to complete this year. To help you plan your next exhibition, FashionUnited is sharing seven must-see exhibitions to open in 2022.

Palais Galliera to host Alber Elbaz .’s ‘Love Brings Love’ tribute catwalk exhibition

AZ Factory’s ‘Love Brings Love’ catwalk honor to celebrate the late Alber Elbaz and his contributions to fashion held during Paris Fashion Week on October 5, turned into an exhibition at the Palais Galliera fashion museum in Paris.

The tribute exhibition will run from March 5 to July 10, 2022, and will feature 45 participating fashion houses and designers creating “bespoke creations inspired by Alber’s heritage or a special look at iconic silhouettes,” including Alexander McQueen, Balmain, Chloe, Dior, Christopher John Rogers, Gucci, Jean Paul Gaultier, Grace Wales Bonner, and Louis Vuitton.

The one-of-a-kind exhibition, curated by Alexandre Samson, will immerse visitors in a full catwalk experience. It will reproduce the show’s alphabetical order, effects, music and lights in honor of the fashion designer who died in April shortly after the launch of his first collection for his new venture AZ Factory.

V&A highlights menswear in 2022

The V&A Museum in London opened its first major menswear exhibition, ‘Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear, featuring performances by Harris Reed, Gucci, Grace Wales Bonner, Rick Owens, JW Anderson, Comme des Garçons, Raf Simons and Craig Green.

Running from March 19 to November 6, 2022, the exhibition will celebrate the power, artistry and diversity of masculine clothing and looks, with approximately 100 appearances from legendary fashion designers and rising stars along with 100 historical treasures and acclaimed works of art.

The exhibition will be displayed thematically across three galleries, exploring how menswear has been created and reshaped over the centuries and how designers, tailors and artists, as well as their clients and caregivers, have built and showcased masculinity and dismantled it to perfection.

It aims to showcase the possibilities of masculinity over the centuries from the Renaissance to the global contemporary, with clothing worn by recognizable faces interspersed. It will include appearances from Harry Styles, Billy Porter and Sam Smith to David Bowie and Marlene Dietrich, highlighting and celebrating the diversity of masculine fashion self-expression, dressing beyond the binary.

Claire Wilcox and Rosalind McKever, co-curators of ‘Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear,’ said in a statement: “Masculine fashion is enjoying an unprecedented period of creativity. This has long been a powerful mechanism for encouraging conformity or expressing individuality. Rather than a linear or definitive history, it is a journey across time and gender.

“This exhibition will unite historical and contemporary looks with art that reveals how masculinity has been done. It will be a masculine wardrobe celebration, and everyone is invited to join.”

Royal Collection to celebrate Queen’s platinum birthday

In 2022, the Queen will celebrate a historic one https://fashionunited.uk/news/culture/the-royal-collection-to-celebrate-queen-s-platinum-jubilee-in-2022/2021111659327” target=”_self” >Platinum Jubilee with three special displays marking important events in Her Majesty’s reign, Accessions, Coronations and Jubilees, at the royal residences in England, Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Holyroodhouse Palace.

Platinum Jubilee: The Queen’s Accession will be held at the Summer Opening of the State Chambers at Buckingham Palace, from July 22 to October 2, 2022, featuring a portrait of the Queen taken by Dorothy Wilding alongside Her Majesty’s personal items of jewelery worn to sit the portrait. This would include The Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara, which was a wedding gift to Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, later Queen Mary, on the occasion of her marriage to future King George V in 1893.

The Platinum Jubliee: The Queen’s Coronation exhibition will be held at Windsor Castle from 7 July to 26 September 2022, featuring a Coronation Dress and Robe of Estate designed by British couturier Sir Norman Hartnell worn by The Queen for her coronation at Westminster Abbey on 2 June 1953. , will be exhibited.

The final exhibition at the Palace of Holyroodhouse will run from July to September, showcasing the clothing worn by Her Majesty on the occasion of celebrating the Silver, Gold and Diamond Jubilee. It will include a pink silk crepe and chiffon dress, coat and stole by royal couturier Sir Hardy Amies for the Queen’s Silver Jubilee in 1977, which will be featured in a matching hat designed by Simone Mirman with a flower head hanging from a silk stalk.

‘African Fashion’ will open in London

London’s V&A Museum will celebrate “the creativity, ingenuity and unstoppable global impact of irresistible contemporary African fashion” with https://fashionunited.uk/news/culture/va-museum-plans-african-fashion-exhibition-for- irresistible 2022/2021012053069” target=”_self”>‘African Fashion’ exhibition opening in June 2022.

The exhibition is curated by Dr Christine Checinska, new curator of the African fashion museum and the African Diaspora and will celebrate the vitality and innovation of Africa’s vibrant fashion scene, as well as explore how music and the visual arts are forming an important part of Africa’s cultural awakening.

Running from 11 June 2022 to 16 April 2023, ‘Africa Fashion’ will bring together more than 250 objects, drawn from the private archives of a selection of mid-twentieth century and influential African contemporary fashion creatives, such as Shade Thomas-Fahm, Chris Seydou, Kofi Ansah, and Alphadi, along with textiles and photos from the V&A collection.

Commenting on the exhibition, Dr Christine Checinska, V&A curator for African fashion and the African Diaspora, said in a statement: “This exhibition will showcase African fashion as a self-defining art form that expresses the richness and diversity of African history and culture.

“To showcase all the fashions in such a wide area would try the impossible. Instead, Africa Fashion will celebrate the vitality and innovation of creative fashion choices, exploring the pioneering work of the twentieth century and the creatives at the heart of today’s eclectic and cosmopolitan scene. We hope this exhibition will spark a renegotiation of fashion geography and be a game-changer for the field.”

The Costume Institute continues its focus on American fashion

The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City opens the second part of its exhibition dedicated to American fashion on May 7, 2022, in the period room The American Wing.

‘Part two, In America: An Anthology of Fashion’ will explore the development of American fashion by presenting narratives dealing with the complex and layered history of spaces that showcase historical and contemporary women’s and men’s clothing dating from the 18th century to the present. this in the sketch.

There will be a series of three-dimensional cinematic “freeze frames” produced in collaboration with leading American film directors. This mise-en-scènes will explore the role of clothing in shaping American identity and explore the complex and layered history of space.

Both exhibitions will run until September 5.

Design Museum to celebrate Bethany Williams

London Fashion Week designer Bethany Williams will be celebrated by the Design Museum in the spring of 2022 with new exhibitions addressing social and environmental issues. The free exhibition will explore Williams’ socially and environmentally conscious work, featuring works from collaborations with community projects and items made up of recycled materials.

The exhibition will also include work produced by London-based designers as part of the Emergency Designers Network to create PPE during the pandemic.

Groninger Museum to exhibit a retrospective on Gianni Versace

The late Gianni Versace, described by the Groninger Museum as one of fashion’s “most influential couturiers” will be the focus of the ‘Gianni Versace Retrospective’ exhibition, which will run from December 2, 2022 to May 7, 2023.

The exhibition will be a “colorful, bold, emotional exhibition” honoring Versace and its pioneering designs, showcasing men’s and women’s clothing, accessories, fabrics, graphics, interior designs and footage of legendary catwalk shows from the Italian designer’s glory days between 1989 and 1997.

Curated by Versace experts Karl von der Ahé and Saskia Lubnow, all items on display are original works sourced from international private collections and will highlight how Versace connects fashion to music, photography and graphic design, and is leading the way in the transformation of fashion show and advertising. campaign into a work of art.