Images courtesy of Dior

In celebration of the seventieth anniversary of The House of Dior’s debut spring-summer 1947 collection, the National Gallery of Victoria, Australia recently presented the never-before-seen exhibition The House of Dior: Seventy Years of Haute Couture. Exclusive to Melbourne, the exhibition is a collaboration between the NGV and the House of Dior, Paris, and features a sumptuous display of over 140 garments from Christian Dior Couture designed between 1947 and 2017.

The NGV has announced that two Dior haute couture works, especially commissioned for and acquired by the gallery, will be on display in the exhibition. They are Essence d’Herbier from the spring–summer 2017 collection, designed by Maria Grazia Chiuri and Look 10, Bar coat from the autumn-winter 2012–13 collection, designed by Raf Simons. Drawing primarily on material from the House of Dior archive and the NGV Collection, the exhibition also features accessories, sketches, photographs, haute couture toiles (prototypes) and multimedia.

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The exhibition, first outside of Paris, will also explore Dior’s unique affinity with Australia, including the historic spring 1948 fashion parade at David Jones, Sydney, which featured 50 original creations by Christian Dior. It is also featuring the iconic grand, sweeping staircase used in countless photo shoots and fashion parades over the House’s 70-year history.

The exhibition opening was celebrated with the inaugural NGV Gala, a ticketed, black-tie ball on Saturday 26 August 2017. The proceeds from this event will go toward supporting the NGV Fashion and Textiles Collection.

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid held over five event-frenzy days all over Madrid speaks of the ultimate dedication to fashion and the Spanish’s objective in telling the world some of its most inventive fashion sense in the world today.

This five-day event [15-20 September] proved to be the largest platform in Madrid to promote Spanish fashion on the international scene when it saw a gathering of over 42 top creators including renowned creators and brands from Europe and an international designers from the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Day in Kiev.

This 64th edition of the fashion show saw the city of Madrid came to live with a long list of designers and labels including Leandro Cano from the previous edition and Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week-virgin – Malne – a new Spanish brand designed by Juanjo Mánez and Paloma Alvarez.

MBFWM, since it all began in 1985, has hosted over 300 Spanish creators on its catwalk shows. Dedicated to establishing link between young talents and the fashion industry, the media and textile companies – the last day of the catwalk programme, under the Samsung EGO creative event, featured emerging designers including 9 young Spanish creators that include 6 of whom are represented at MBFWM for the first time.

随着连续举办五天的Mercedes-Benz马德里时装周登场，让整个马德里的半空洋溢着慢慢的时尚气息，同时也藉此向全世界宣告西班牙在国际时尚界中不可小觑的影响力。

于9月15日至20日期间举办的时装周，堪称为马德里最大规模的年度盛事，其主要目的是将西班牙时尚推向国际舞台。参与此次时装周的42位服装设计师当中不乏欧洲数一数二的品牌创意推手，与此同时还有来自乌克兰基辅的国际设计师。

今年迈入第64届的马德里时装周，可以见到许多西班牙知名品牌共襄盛举，例如拥有高知名度的LeandroCano，以及首度参与时装周的Malne – 西班牙新创品牌，服装设计师为Juanjo Manez和Paloma Alvarez。

Mercedes-Benz马德里时装周始于1985年，这些年来已有超过300位西班牙服装设计师参与其盛。负责为年轻新晋设计师提供管道进入时尚圈，获得媒体曝光机会以及引介于潜在面料商的马德里时装周，于活动最后一天举办了Samsung EGO创意发表秀，是次发表秀带来了9位西班牙新晋设计师的新发表作品，当中共有6位首次参与马德里时装周。

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