Expanded ‘Africa Fashion’ Exhibit Opens at Brooklyn Museum –

22 Jun

Lexie Moreland/WWD A mannequin stands with head tilted, a knee jutting from the deep bias chiffon and woven fabric hemline of Papa Oppong’s Takari T, a T-shirt worn as a dress from the Ghanaian-born designer’s celebrated 2021 Yopoo collection, which evokes a Ghanaian woman’s life from birth to marriage to death. A “Ghana Must Go” bag — the ever-present blue, white and red reusable bags which have come to symbolize the forced migration of tens of millions of Ghanaians from Nigeria — sits on the ground next to the mannequin. It’s considered one of two looks from Oppong included within the Brooklyn Museum’s iteration of “Africa Fashion,” the blockbuster exhibition that opened last summer at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, and which...

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14 Jun

Van Gogh Museum Honored With Licensing Award

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Van Gogh Museum Honored With Licensing Award

WAY TO GOGH: Greater than a century after the artist Vincent Van Gogh’s death, his work continues to reel in visitors to museums, cultural institutes and tourist-heavy destinations just like the immersive “Beyond Van Gogh” experience. The latter is heading to Los Angeles this summer, having already been staged in London; Brussels; Washington, D.C.; Seattle, and other cities. Art and commerce are entwined like never before and apparently that may result in honors. The Van Gogh Museum locked up a Licensing International Excellence Award for Best Brand — Art, Design, Museum on the Licensing Expo in Las Vegas on Tuesday. Celebrating its fiftieth 12 months, the Amsterdam museum is being honored for its Van Gogh-inspired brand licensing, which attracts upon its...

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2 Jun

Griff & Jorja Smith Takeover The Natural History Museum

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Griff & Jorja Smith Takeover The Natural History Museum

Photographer Charlotte Wales captured friends of Vogue across London to introduce the concept for Vogue World, which can kick-start London Fashion Week with performances by Stormzy and dozens of others at Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 14 September. Here, Griff and Jorja Smith pose with the Chineke! Orchestra on the Natural History Museum. Out of shot? An 80-foot-long blue whale skeleton, suspended from the ceiling above their heads. Subscribe to British Vogue►► https://www.youtube.com/britishvogue?sub_confirmation=1 CONNECT WITH BRITISH VOGUE Web: https://www.vogue.co.uk Twitter: https://twitter.com/britishvogue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/britishvogue Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/britishvogue Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/britishvogue Newsletter: https://www.vogue.co.uk/newsletters Subscribe: https://www.vogue.co.uk/subscribe ABOUT BRITISH VOGUE British Vogue is the world’s leading premium lifestyle and fashion entertainment channel. Weekly releases and brand latest original programming including short movies, series and in-depth documentaries, British Vogue’s channel is the final word destination for unprecedented access...

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2 Jun

Naeem Khan to Be Honored by Museum of the

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Naeem Khan to Be Honored by Museum of the

Naeem Khan will likely be honored June 7 on the Spring Symposium & Luncheon at Museum of the City of Recent York. As a part of the event, Kahn will sit down for a conversation with Fern Mallis. The City of Design Award, created by the Museum of the City of Recent York, was inaugurated in 2015 to acknowledge those that have made Recent York the design capital of the world and who encourage future generations of designers to bring their talents to Recent York City. Past recipients have included Norma Kamali, Cynthia Rowley, Elizabeth Graziolo, Peter Marino, Jacques Grange, Ralph Pucci, Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan. Khan was born and raised in Mumbai and cultivated a knowledge of textiles from his grandfather...

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