First Look – Alexander McQueen’s “Savage Beauty Exhibition” in London

March 12, 2015 by Raluca Stoica

As we were saying in a previous post, Victoria & Alber Museum prepared to host one of the most anticipated exhibition – the evolution of Alexander McQueen – Savage Beauty Exhibition. The museum finally opened its doors and as we step foot inside we are welcomed by the designer’s words – “London is where I was brought up. It’s where my heart is and where I get my inspiration.“ From the first London room, displaying his earliest work, we enter Savage Mind, a space dedicated to his […]

Categories: fashion • Tags: Alexander McQueen, art, london, Metropolitan Museum of Art, news, Victoria and Albert Museum

Shoes: Pleasure and Pain – The V&A Summer 2015 Exhibition

December 5, 2014 by Raluca Stoica

The Victoria and Albert Museum, London,  prepares an extraordinary exhibition for the summer fashion of 2015, and the main characters will be SHOES: Pleasure and Pain. The exhibition will take visitors on a cultural journey, from ancient Egypt to nowadays, with more than 200 pairs of historic and contemporary shoes from around the world on display, some for the first time. Dramatic shapes, head spinning high heels, developments in footwear technology. “Shoes are one of the most telling aspects of dress,” […]

Categories: accessories, fashion • Tags: exhibition, Helen Persson, london, news, shoes, Victoria and Albert Museum

‘The Glamour of Italian Fashion 1945-2014’ at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum

April 3, 2014 by Raluca Stoica

The evening of 1st April, at the legendary Victoria & Albert Museum, for the first time ever, Nicholas Coleridge, president of Condé Nast International, the editor of the British Vogue Alexandra Shulman, Vogue Italia editor Franca Sozzani and V&A director Martin Roth arranged a dinner in italian style and a preview of the exhibition “The Glamour of Italian Fashion 1995-2014”, which will open on the 5th of April. The exhibition will display 120 items, kits and accessories of the greatest […]

Categories: fashion, people • Tags: Alexandra Shulman, art, bulgari, exhibition, Franca Sozzani, italian fashion, Martin Roth, Nicholas Coleridge, party, photography, tom ford, Victoria and Albert Museum

“The Art of Bulgari: La Dolce Vita & Beyond” exhibition at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, and “Pearls,” at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London

September 22, 2013 by Raluca Stoica

Categories: accessories • Tags: bulgari, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, jewelry, london, luxury, pearls, photography, Victoria and Albert Museum