Exhibition
 Skirt study drawing: Emmanuel Ryngaert, 2012 It is that time of the year where the Antwerp Fashion Department is hosting SHOW2012, the annual graduation show where the students from all 4 years present their work to an audience of 6.000 spectators on June 7th, 8th and 9th!
The MoMu Gallery is currently hosting the expo ‘ATTITUDE TO A SHAPE’, with a selection of the shape studies of the skirts from the 1st bachelor Antwerp Academy students.
The freshman year of the training in fashion design at the Antwerp Academy is composed around 3 main artistic subjects. The most important course is the one on fashion design. The other two main courses are graphics and tailoring/pattern design. Every freshman student has to start with the study of a skirt. This is actually the first design he or she makes at the school. For many students this is the first design they execute in 3D. Some students never handled a sewing machine before. The design phase takes about 6 weeks, the execution in an actual design takes from the 2nd week of November until the end of January.
‘ATTITUDE TO A SHAPE’ runs until June 3rd. Free entrance.
Collection
 Balenciaga Techno stilettos F/W2007 What would our MoMu Collection be without the generous donations from fashion enthusiast! This afternoon we got a visit from Geert Bruloot, co-owner of the Antwerp shoe store Coccodrillo with a car trunk full of designer shoes from previous seasons that will now be included in our MoMu Collection!
Here are some highlights of this new acquisition.
 Maison Martin Margiela 'Fragile' tape pumps S/S2006  Prada Flower heels S/S2008  Nicholas Kirkwood S/S2009, the British designer that also creates the catwalkshoes for Rodarte, Peter Pilotto,...  Azzedine Alaïa Steel heeled wedge sandal S/S2010  Maison Martin Margiela Nail heel pump F/W2008  Maison Martin Margiela Leather sunken platform pump S/S2011  Marc Jacobs Reverse heel S/S2008  Maison Martin Margiela Horse print boots F/W2008 Thank you Coccodrillo for your support!
Event
 Sketch by A.F. Vandevorst for Le Duc d'Alba, 2012 Belgian fashion duo An Vandevorst and Filip Arickx have designed the costumes for the upcoming opera production Le Duc d’Alba. The opera tells the story of the Duke of Alba that has been sent to Flanders to surpress the rebellion against Spanish rule and is to be performed at the Flemish Opera in Antwerp and Ghent for the month of May.
Become MoMu+Friend and join us for the costume special on Saturday, May 5th from 2PM until 5.30PM together with the friends of the Flemish Opera and A.F. Vandevorst.
Programme: 2PM – tour in the Opera building
3.30PM – introduction to the costumes for Le Duc d’Alba by A.F. Vandevorst
4.30PM – champagne reception
More info and reservations via friends@momu.be
Collection, Event
 View from the exhibition Living Fashion at MoMu, Photography: Ronald Stoops, 2012 Coinciding with the expo Living Fashion, MoMu is organizing a symposium on Thursday May 3rd with an interesting mix of renowned speakers around the theme ‘Collecting Fashion’. The symposium will give a contemporary view on the art of collecting, preserving, researching and presenting fashion collections.
The day will be completed with a visit to the exhibition Living Fashion. We hope to welcome you all on the 3rd!
Symposium Collecting Fashion May 3rd
Gife-zaal, Sint-Bernarduscentrum, Lombardenvest 23, 2000 Antwerpen
Download full programme pdf
Admission €35 (incl. lunch & museumticket) / €25 (students)
Reserve your seat, contact leen.borgmans@momu.be
Event, Press&PR
 Living Fashion blogger event at MoMu, (c) Photo: Fashion-Freaks.be We were very happy to welcome a selection of Belgian fashion bloggers to our first Blogger event on the occasion of ‘Living Fashion’, with a private tour by Wim Mertens and Karen Van Godtsenhoven, curators of the expo.
 Living Fashion blogger event at MoMu, (c) Photo: Fashion-Freaks.be  Belgian fashion bloggers at MoMu, (c) Photo: Fashion-Freaks.be Thank you Dorien, Aljocha, Anouk, Eline VdB, Eline V, Ilke, Kim & Ruby, Laura D, Laura G, Sarah, Siel and Steffi for joining us and we look forward to your blogpost!
Exhibition
MoMu presents the shortfilm ‘Dresses Undressed’ by the Dutch video artist Bart Hess on the occasion of the exhibition ‘Living Fashion. Women’s Daily Wear 1750-1950′.
In order to best show the possibilities of the historical dresses from the extensive collection of the Dutch collector Jacoba de Jonge featured in this exhibition -which could be worn and/or modified in different ways- a fashion film has been made together with Bart Hess in collaboration with Harm Rensink.
Each silhouette has been filmed in various ways, often with different underclothing and accessories, with the altered silhouettes and sometimes the entire dressing process brought together in the edited film. The film shows six silhouettes, including a maternity dress, a riding habit, a remade dress, two dresses that could be used in more than one way, and a queue dress.
The production of this film has been made possible through the support of the Netherlands Consulate General, Antwerp.
Behind the scenes, Exhibition
MoMu captured the Dutch collector Jacoba de Jonge before the official opening vernissage of the exhibition ‘Living Fashion. Women’s Daily Wear 1750-1950. From the collection Jacoba de Jonge’.
Event, Press&PR
 Dresses from the Jacoba de Jonge collection at MoMu, 2012 MoMu is organizing a blogger event for the exhibition Living Fashion on Thursday April 5th from 5.30PM until 7PM with a private tour through the exhibition!
RSVP via Stagiair4.Modemuseum@momu.be.
Press&PR
 page from Architectural Digest Spain, March 2012
We were very hapy to spot the Walter Van Beirendonck catalogue in the latest issue of AD – Architectural Digest Spain! The exhibition catalogue features in a shoot of the interior of Sacha Walckhoff, creative director at Christian Lacroix.
Press&PR
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