Tribute to Azzedine Alaïa in London

A few weeks after his tragic death, the Design Museum in London announced a major retrospective dedicated to the work of the beloved fashion designer. A posthumous event that had been prepared by Azzedine Alaïa himself, in collaboration with curator Mark Wilson. In total, more than 60 silhouettes have been selected to trace the extraordinary career of this virtuoso of creation who, throughout his 35-year career, has never given in to the dictates of the industry. ready to wear. A beautiful tribute that is likely to move us.

Azzedine Alaïa: The Couturier
London Design Museum
May 10 to October 7, 2017

Rick Owens exposes himself in Milan

This is a first for Rick Owens . The one nicknamed "The Lord of Darkness " is, until next March, the subject of a major retrospective at the Triennale of Milan. Non-exhaustive blend of clothing, objects, sculptures and images, the exhibition explores the radical universe of this creator with a plural aesthetic, between brutal and ethnic influences, while underlining the influence of artists such as Marcel Duchamp or Pierre Molinier on his work. A stylistic grammar largely intellectualized therefore, setting itself willingly at the antipodes of the logic of commercial influences that animate the contemporary fashion-sphere.

" Subhuman Superhuman Inhuman "
Triennial of Milan
Until March 25

The retrospective Gianni Versace in Berlin

Celebrated with great fanfare during the last parade, Gianni Versace's creative legacy will be at the heart of an exhibition held at the Kronprinz Palace in Berlin from January 30th. Directed in collaboration with Antonio Caravano , a Neapolitan collector passionate about Gianni Versace , the retrospective will present silhouettes designed for celebrities close to the Italian fashion designer such as Prince , Madonna or Elton John. We will also find some outfits worn by the famous " supermodels " like Naomi Campbell and Claudia Schiffer . What revive the golden age of the house at the head of Medusa, twenty years after the death of its founder.

Retrospective Gianni Versace
Kronprinz Palace - Berlin
From January 30 to April 13, 2018

The Martin Margiela Retrospective at Palais Galliera

Thirty years after having co-founded the eponymous house, Martin Margiela will be celebrated at the Fashion Museum of the City of Paris. Distinguished for his conceptual approach to clothing, the creator whose face we do not know has marked the fashion of his imprint made of destructured minimalism and militant simplicity. Symbolic silhouettes, unpublished archives or even rare testimonies: the scenography of the event will apply to distill the work of the Belgian designer and to understand the artistic mechanisms, under the curation of Alexandre Samson. In parallel, the Museum of Decorative Arts, renamed MAD, will host the exhibition "Margiela - The Hermes Years" originally presented last year at MoMA Antwerp.

Margiela / Galliera, 1989 - 2009
Palais Galliera - Paris Fashion Museum
From March 3 to July 15, 2018

Margiela, the Hermes years
MAD Paris
From March 21st, 2018

From Calder to Koons , jewels of artists

The hidden side of their work, the jewel is an unknown part of the creative legacy of big names in the world of arts, from Pablo Picasso to Salvador Dali through Nikki Saint Phalle or Caesar. Playful brooch, totemic pendant or graphic ring: the collection of Diane Venet, wife of the sculptor Bernard Venet, compiles some 230 unpublished pieces, rarely revealed to the general public, which for the most part echo the most famous plastic works .

From Calder to Koons , Artists' Jewelry
The ideal collection of Diane Venet at the Decorative Arts
From March 7 to July 8, 2018