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We Need to Talk about Fashion

Start Date 23 June 2023
End Date 24 March 2024
Venue Hasselt Fashion Museum
Location Hasselt, Belgium
Curator Eve Demoen and Anaïs Huyghe
Three female mannequins. Middle mannequin is wearing a bright orange dress. Mannequin to the left is wearing a white dress and the mannequin to the right is wearing a blue dress.

Direct from Graceland: Elvis the Exhibition

Start Date 20 October 2023
End Date 01 September 2024
Venue Arches London Bridge
Location London, UK
Curator Angie Marchese
Male mannequins all wearing variations the iconic white Elvis suit.

Mode et Sport, D’un Podium a À L’autre (Fashion & Sport, from one podium to another)

Start Date 20 September 2023
End Date 07 April 2024
Venue Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Location Paris, France
Curator Sophie Lemahieu
Designer BGC Studio
Sport inspired garments displayed on mannequins against a red backdrop.

PUNK: Rage & Revolution

Start Date 16 September 2023
End Date 03 March 2024
Venue Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
Location Northampton,UK
Curator Jill Birrell
Designer Vertigo Creative, Leicester
installation view of punk exhibition

Margiela: In the Void

Start Date 12 December 2023
End Date 05 April 2024
Venue Parodi Costume Collection
Location Miami, USA
Curator Parodi Costume Collection and Byronesque
exhibition display of mannequin with grey jacket

The Costumes of Poor Things Exhibition

Start Date 11 December 2023
End Date 26 January 2024
Venue Barbican Centre
Location London, UK
Curator Holly Waddington
Designer Holly Waddington
Mannequins of the costumes on display.

Guo Pei: Fashion, Art, Fantasy 郭培 ：时装之幻梦

Start Date 09 December 2023
End Date 05 May 2024
Venue Auckland Art Gallery
Location Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand

Women Dressing Women

Start Date 07 December 2023
End Date 03 March 2024
Venue Metropolitan Museum of Art
Location New York, USA
Curator Karen Van Godtsenhoven and Mellissa Huber

Iris Van Herpen. Sculpting the Senses

Start Date 29 November 2023
End Date 28 April 2024
Venue Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Location Paris, France
Curator Cloé Pitiot and Louise Curtis
Designer Nathalie Crinière
Sound designer Salvador Breed

The Linbury Prize exhibition for Stage Design

Start Date 13 November 2023
End Date 30 March 2024
Venue National Theatre
Location London,UK
Curator Jean-Marc Puissant
Male mannequin wearing a red jacket with black detail, red trousers and black boots. Look is complete with red hat.

Pipilotti Rist: Prickling Goosebumps & A Humming Horizon

Start Date 09 November 2023
End Date 06 April 2024
Venue Hauser & Wirth
Location New York,USA
Curator Pipilotti Rist
Installation of a modern home with colours of blue, purple and red. Table of many beauty products displayed.

Dressed to Impress: Footwear and Consumerism in the 1980s

Start Date 01 November 2023
End Date 16 March 2025
Venue Bata Shoe Museum
Location Toronto, Canada
Curator Nishi Bassi
A gallery display with the phrase 'Pump It Up' in 80s-style font

The Cult of Beauty

Start Date 26 October 2023
End Date 28 April 2024
Venue The Wellcome Collection
Location London, UK
Curator Janice Li
A display with a pink background featuring corsets.

Baloji Augurism

Start Date 21 October 2023
End Date 16 June 2024
Venue MoMu Fashion Museum
Location Antwerp, Belgium
Curator Baloji and Elisa de Wyngaert
Designer Baloji, Eve Martin
Project manager Rossana Miele
Production Julie Motoi, Marie Vandecasteele
Graphic design Vrints-Kolsteren
Set designer assistants Emilie Nelis-Culot, Lilie Francois, Nico Servais
A glass display case stands in the centre of a gallery, showing a feathered mask, dress, grass and flowers.

ECHO. Wrapped in Memory

Start Date 14 October 2023
End Date 25 February 2024
Venue MoMu Fashion Museum
Location Antwerp, Belgium
Curator Elisa de Wyngaert
Designer Janina Pedan
Graphic design Paul Boudens
Three mannequins, each with a matching wig and Peter Pan collar, stand on a blue wide-ribbed velvet structure. From left to right, the mannequins wear a red patterned dress with long sleeves, a pink robed coat, and pale purple embroidered dress.

Lee Miller: Dressed

Start Date 14 October 2023
End Date 18 February 2024
Venue Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
Location Brighton, UK

Japan: Myths to Manga

Start Date 14 October 2023
End Date 11 August 2024
Venue Young V&A
Location London,UK
Curator Katy Canales, Mary Redfern and Masami Yamada.
Heels by designer Noritaka Tatehana in bold pink, red and blue colours and presented in different sizes.

Mood of the moment: Gaby Aghion and the house of Chloé

Start Date 13 October 2023
End Date 18 February 2024
Venue The Jewish Museum
Location New York, USA
Curator Choghakate Kazarian and Kristina Parsons
Designer Elliot Barnes

Fashion City: How Jewish Londoners Shaped Global Style

Start Date 13 October 2023
End Date 14 April 2024
Venue Museum of London Docklands
Location London, UK
Curator Dr Lucie Whitmore

The Dress Makes the Man, Haute Couture – A New Era

Start Date 13 October 2023
End Date 11 February 2024
Venue Liljevalchs+
Location Stockholm, Sweden
Curator Susanna Strömquist
Designer Robin Grann
Three rows of dresses are displayed in a gallery.

Gucci Cosmos

Start Date 11 October 2023
End Date 31 December 2023
Venue 180 Studios
Location London, UK
Curator Maria Luisa Frisa
Designer Es Devlin
Exhibition display of garments hung in white arched display space

Fashioned by Sargent

Start Date 08 October 2023
End Date 15 January 2024
Venue Museum of Fine Arts,Boston
Location Boston,USA
Curator Erica E.Hirshler
“Fashioned by Sargent” installation view. Far left, ‘‘Beetle Wing Dress’’ for Lady Macbeth. Sargent’s painting of the actress Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth, in the shimmering gown (which boasts actual beetle wing cases affixed to its surface), hangs nearby. The dress was created by Alice Laura Comyns-Carr.Credit: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

The Magic of Cuir Bouilli: from Armour to Haute Couture

Start Date 07 October 2023
End Date 31 March 2024
Venue Shoe Quarter
Location Waalwijk, Netherlands

Anything Goes! Fashion in the 1920’s

Start Date 07 October 2023
End Date April 2024
Venue Ulster Museum
Location Belfast, Northern Ireland
Curator Charlotte McReynolds
1920s fashion is on display with a yellow background.

Designed for Life

Start Date 02 October 2023
End Date 19 January 2024
Venue London College of Fashion
Location London, UK

The Fabric of Democracy: Propaganda Textiles from the French Revolution to Brexit

Start Date 29 September 2023
End Date 03 March 2024
Venue Fashion and Textile Museum
Location London, UK
Curator Amber Butchart

Oh Boy! Boy’s Dress 1760-1930

Start Date 29 September 2023
End Date 03 March 2024
Venue Fashion and Textile Museum
Location London, UK
Curator Amy de la Haye and Alasdair Peebles
A row of boys' dress on display. One mannequin holds a kite whilst another holds a conquer on a string. Another kit is 'flying' in the case.

Knitting Beyond the Body

Start Date 29 September 2023
End Date 01 August 2024
Venue Kent State University Museum
Location Kent, Ohio, USA
Curator Linda Ohrn-McDaniel and Sarah Rogers

Colour Revolution

Start Date 21 September 2023
End Date 18 February 2024
Venue Ashmolean Museum
Location Oxford,England
Curator Matthew Winterbottom and Prof Charlotte Ribeyrol
A Decadent Young Woman by Ramon Casas (1899) Photograph: Museu do Montserrat, Barcelona. Women is on a green sofa wearing a dark blue dress.

The Missing Thread: Untold Stories of Black British Fashion

Start Date 21 September 2023
End Date 07 January 2024
Venue Somerset House
Location London, UK
Curator Black Oriented Legacy Development Agency (BOLD)
A collection of clothes designed by Joe Casely-Hayford stand on a white curved plinth.

REBEL: 30 Years of London Fashion

Start Date 16 September 2023
End Date 11 February 2024
Venue Design Museum
Location London, UK
Curator Sarah Mower MBE and Rebecca Lewin
Three rows of outfits are hung on tailor's dummies from a high clothing rail.

Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto (touring)

Start Date 16 September 2023
End Date 25 February 2024
Venue V&A Museum
Location London, UK
Curator Oriole Cullen, Connie Karol Burks and Stephanie Wood
Gallery view showing a timeline on a curved grey wall. In the centre is a cream top in a display case. On the right-hand side are two photographs and a large label entitled 'Gabrielle Chanel: Fashion Manifesto',

The Indian Army at the Palace

Start Date 15 September 2023
End Date 29 September 2024
Venue Kensington Palace
Location London, UK
Curator Rav Singh and Dr Tej Pal Singh Ralmill
Exhibition Lead Zakira Begum
Red soldier's uniform displayed on a mannequin

Awe & Alchemy

Start Date 15 September 2023
End Date 04 November 2023
Venue The Market Place Theatre
Location Armagh, Northern Ireland

Bring No Clothes: Bloomsbury and Fashion

Start Date 13 September 2023
End Date 03 March 2024
Venue Charleston
Location Lewes, UK
Curator Charlie Porter

A Collector’s Story: a Private Collection of Vivienne Westwood

Start Date 22 July 2023
End Date 04 February 2024
Venue The Bowes Museum
Location Barnard Castle, Durham, UK

Dark Wonderland: the Enduring Appeal of Black

Start Date 22 July 2023
End Date 08 October 2023
Venue Bendigo Art Gallery
Location Bendigo, Australia
Three white mannequins wear black mannequins in front of two dark portrait photographs: a a couple and a woman.

Unpicking Couture

Start Date 21 July 2023
End Date 12 January 2025
Venue Manchester Art Gallery
Location Manchester, UK
Curator Rosie Gnatiuk and Miles Lambert
Consultant Dr. Jeff Horsley
In collaboration with London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London
A mannequin wears a black gress with a red bow, collar and striped arms, standing in front of a screen as though on a photoshoot. It is surrounded by easels holding paintings and text.

Fashion Folklore

Start Date 12 July 2023
End Date 08 January 2024
Venue Mucem
Location Marseille, France
Curator Marie-Charlotte Calafat and Aurélie Samuel
Designer Agence NC, Nathalie Criniere
Graphics Tania Haguemeister

Material Power: Palestinian Embroidery

Start Date 08 July 2023
End Date 29 October 2023
Venue Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge
Location Cambridge, UK
Curator Rachel Dedman

DIVA

Start Date 24 June 2023
End Date 07 April 2024
Venue V&A Museum
Location London, UK
Curator Kate Bailey

Yves Saint Laurent: Transparencies

Start Date 24 June 2023
End Date 12 November 2023
Venue City of Lace and Fashion
Location Calais, France
Curator Anne-Claire Laronde, Elsa Janssen, Shazia Boucher and Domitille Éblé
Sound designer Salvador Breed

Africa Fashion (touring)

Start Date 23 June 2023
End Date 22 October 2023
Venue Brooklyn Museum
Location New York, U.S.A
Curator Christine Chechinska and Elisabeth Murray
Organisers Ernestine White-Mifetu, Annissa Malvoisin, Catherine Futter, Matthew Yokobosky and Rhea Stark

La Mode en mouvement (Fashion in Motion – 3 displays)

Start Date 16 June 2023
End Date 07 September 2025
Venue Palais Galliera
Location Paris, France
Curator Miren Arzalluz and Marie-Laure Gutton
The Palais Galliera traces the history of fashion from the 18th century to the present. Male and female grey 18th century clothes.

Colours of Fashion

Start Date 16 June 2023
End Date 15 March 2024
Venue Palais Galliera
Location Paris, France
Curator Miren Arzalluz, Sylvie Lecallier and Marie-Laure Gutton
Designer Ciel Architects

Making a Splash! A Century of Women’s Beachwear

Start Date 10 June 2023
End Date 14 January 2024
Venue Aberdeen Art Gallery
Location Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
Curator Morna Annandale

Yves Saint Laurent – Shapes & Form: Decors and works by Claudia Wieser

Start Date 09 June 2023
End Date 14 January 2024
Venue Musée Yves Saint Laurent
Location Paris, France
Curator Elsa Janssen and Serena Bucalo-Mussely
Gallery view showing white hats displayed against a black alcove set into a white wall. To its right are three dresses against a blue wall near an artwork of mosaic tiles.

The Fashion Show: Everything But The Clothes

Start Date 03 June 2023
End Date 10 March 2024
Venue V&A Dundee
Location Dundee,UK
Curator Iain R Webb
A display of sketches of fashion designs on a wooden backdrop

The Offbeat Sari

Start Date 19 May 2023
End Date 17 September 2023
Venue Design Museum
Location London, UK
Curator Priya Khanchandani
Seven saris are displayed on a white tiered plinths in a variety of poses. The sari at the back is made from an elongated piece of yellow fabric which is draped on two drawers above the display.

Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty

Start Date 05 May 2023
End Date 16 July 2023
Venue Metropolitan Museum of Art
Location New York, USA
Curator Andrew Bolton
Designer Tadao Ando
Film Producer Loic Prigent
A mannequin wearing an ivory waistcoat, bow-tie and feathered coat stands atop a concave plinth. It overlooks a group of black dresses set inside an alcove on the right. In the background are more dresses staged on a pyramid formation.

Christian Dior, the Genius of a Designer

Start Date 29 April 2023
End Date 05 November 2023
Venue Musée Christian Dior
Location Granville, France
Curator Brigitte Richart
Designer Ciel Architects

Man Ray and Fashion

Start Date 22 April 2023
End Date 13 August 2023
Venue MoMu
Location Antwerp, Belgium
Curator Romy Cockx, Claude Miglietti, Catherine Örmen, Alain Sayag
Designer Ania Martchenko
Graphic design Jelle Jespers
Gallery view showing two plinths featuring four mannequins wearing monochrome dresses on the left' on the right two tailors' dummies featuring Surrealist-inspired dresses. In the background is another gallery featuring a group of tailors' dummies.

Style & Society: Dressing the Georgians

Start Date 21 April 2023
End Date 08 October 2023
Venue The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
Location London, U.K.
Curator Anna Reynolds

In Bloom: Flowers and Footwear

Start Date 20 April 2023
End Date 06 October 2024
Venue Bata Shoe Museum
Location Toronto, Canada
Curator Geoffrey Rayner and Richard Chamberlain

Crown to Couture

Start Date 05 April 2023
End Date 29 October 2023
Venue Kensington Palace, Historic Royal Palaces
Location London, U.K.
Curator Polly Putnam and Claudia Acott-Williams
Designer Joseph Bennett
Gallery view showing mannequins wearing historical dress

Goddess: Power, Glamour, Rebellion

Start Date 05 April 2023
End Date 01 October 2023
Venue ACMI
Location Melbourne, Australia
Curator Bethan Johnson
View of a pink gallery with three mannequins wearing pink outfits. In the background are close-up projections of Marilyn Monroe, Winnie Harlow and Rihanna.

India in Fashion

Start Date 02 April 2023
End Date 04 June 2023
Venue Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre
Location Mumbai, India
Curator Hamish Bowles
Designer Patrick Kinmonth and Rooshad Shroff

Ashish: Fall in Love and Be More Tender

Start Date 01 April 2023
End Date 10 September 2023
Venue William Morris Gallery
Location London, U.K.
Curator Roisin Inglesby and Joe Scotland
Five mannequins stand and sit in various poses in colourful clothes.

Tartan

Start Date 01 April 2023
End Date 14 January 2024
Venue V&A Dundee
Location Dundee, Scotland
Curator Kirsty Hassard
A red, blue and green tartan suit, comprising a lapelled jacket, waistcoat, kilt and trousers, stands in the centre. The background shows more tartan outfits and flat swatches shown in framed display cases.

Andy Warhol: the Textiles

Start Date 31 March 2023
End Date 10 September 2023
Venue Fashion and Textile Museum
Location London, UK
Curator Geoffrey Rayner and Richard Chamberlain
A row of prom-style dresses, short-sleeved shirt and 50s dress on display on tailor's dummies. Each dummy stands on individual square black plinths in front of a black wall.

Gathering

Start Date 29 March 2023
End Date 31 July 2024
Venue Textile Museum of Canada
Location Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Curator Roxane Shaughnessy
Senior Manager Leah Sanchez
Curatorial Advisor Devyani Saltzman
Display of shoes and accessories

Textile Masters to the World: the Global Desire for Indian Cloth

Start Date 24 March 2023
End Date 24 January 2025
Venue Asian Civilisations Museum
Location Singapore
Gallery view showing dresses and textile samples.

Generation Paper: A Fashion Phenom of the 1960s

Start Date 18 March 2023
End Date 27 August 27 2023
Venue Museum of Arts and Design
Location New York, U.S.A
Curator Elissa Auther

1997 Fashion Big Bang

Start Date 07 March 2023
End Date 16 July 2023
Venue Palais Galliera
Location Paris, France
Curator Alexandre Samson
A number of white mannequins stand on monochrome plinths. In the centre is a black runway with '1997' in purple LED lights.

UNVEILING OF THE STUDIO OF AZZEDINE ALAÏA

Start Date 26 February 2023
End Date 20 August 2023
Venue Fondation Azzedine Alaïa
Location Paris, France
Curator Olivier Saillard

Geometrically Wired. IO Van Oostveldt: Between Clothing and Art

Start Date 25 February 2023
End Date 30 July 2023
Venue MoMu
Location Antwerp, Belgium
Curator Romy Cockx
Exhibition view. In the front are silver steps holding up black and white prints of IO Van Oostveldt, behind which are examples of her designs.

Thirsty for Fashion

Start Date 11 February 2023
End Date 05 November 2023
Venue Killerton House
Location Devon, England
Curator Shelley Tobin
Group of mannequins in historical clothing

Making Mischief: Folk Costume in Britain

Start Date 11 February 2023
End Date 11 June 2023
Venue Compton Verney Museum and Art Gallery
Location Compton Verney, Warwickshire, UK
Curator Simon Costin, Amy de la Haye and Mellany Robinson
Designer Simon Costin, Museum of British Folklore
A partnership with Museum of British Folklore, the Centre for Fashion Curation at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London and Compton Verney.
Made possible by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Mannequins dressed embellished horse collar and hat from the Boy's Ploughing Match and The Festival of the Horse costume from the Orkney Islands

Head to Toe

Start Date 02 February 2023
End Date 23 July 2023
Venue Kent State University Museum
Location Kent, Ohio, USA

Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style

Start Date February 2023
End Date April 2023
Venue The Museum at FIT
Location New York, USA
Curator Co-curated by Elena Romero and Elizabeth Way

AZZEDINE ALAÏA, ARTHUR ELGORT. Freedom.

Start Date 23 January 2023
End Date 20 August 2023
Venue Fondation Azzedine Alaïa
Location Paris, France
Curator Carla Sozzani and Olivier Saillard

Orry-Kelly: Dressing Hollywood

Start Date 18 August 2015
End Date 17 January 2016
Venue ACMI
Location Melbourne, Australia