Monthly Archives: September 2013

MOMU3 meets BULO

September 30, 2013 – 10:03

To mark the 50th anniversary of the Mechelen (office)furniture manufacturer Bulo, MoMu and Bulo team up for a creative collab. Anniversaries are the ideal moment to look back to its own heritage, but also to look to the future. Christian Salez, Bulo CEO, asked MoMu’s Kaat Debo to share her thoughts how to translate the […]

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DVF in MoMu

September 27, 2013 – 18:06

Today we had the pleasure of welcoming Diane Von Furstenberg at the Happy Birthday Dear Academie expo during her short stay in Antwerp!

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ASVOFF6 Antwerp Trailer

September 18, 2013 – 10:00

Watch the trailer from ASVOFF6 Antwerp October 15th and 16th which we shot with Diane Pernet last May with our MoMu Collection department and backstage as setting!

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ASVOFF6 comes to Antwerp in October

September 17, 2013 – 11:42

For the first time ever, the 6th edition of ASVOFF will visit Antwerp on October 15th and 16th, 2013, after its launch at Centre Pompidou during Paris Fashion Week from October 11th until 13th. Founded in 2008 by the internationally acclaimed fashion critic and video journalist Diane Pernet, A Shaded View on Fashion Film (ASVOFF) […]

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MoMu needs you!

September 14, 2013 – 10:00

MoMu needs you! For an upcoming exhibition MoMu is looking for early pieces (preferably complete silhouettes) from the designer Dries Van Noten. Do you still have a garment from Van Noten’s first collection from 1986 in your closet, or special pieces from the early 90s? Send us a picture via DVN@momu.be

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Antwerp Fashion Timeline

September 13, 2013 – 09:18

50 years of Antwerp Fashion Department all compiled in the entrance hall of the MoMu! A metal construction has been setup alongside our staircase with a big timeline giving an overview in images and video of the most important moments in the history of the program, its department heads and teachers, its graduates and their […]

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Antwerp Icons are taking over the city!

September 5, 2013 – 17:15

On the occasion of the celebration Happy Birthday Dear Academie, MoMu – Fashion Museum Province of Antwerp, Antwerpen Open and Toerisme Vlaanderen are presenting the project Antwerp Icons. 12 renowned designers, all graduates of the Antwerp Fashion Department, chose an iconic piece from their archive. MoMu, the Fashion Museum of the Province of Antwerp invited […]

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When Clothes Tell Stories

September 2, 2013 – 15:15

The ICOM Costume Committee, an organisation for museum professionals that work with costume, has recently launched an exciting new project: Clothes Tell Stories. Clothes Tell Stories is not just for museum professionals, it is for everyone with an interest in costume and fashion! Are you an aspiring curator looking to learn more, do ever you […]

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MoMu offices in Collections A/W 2013

September 1, 2013 – 16:34

Collections A/W 2013 is the first issue of a quarterly magazine by London based editor-in-chief Louise Rytter, celebrating fashion exhibitions, museums and private collections. The magazine features Hamish Bowles, Pierre Bergé, Caroline Evans, Judith Clark, Oriole Cullen and Patricia de Nicolai among others. MoMu is very happy to have participated with the project in an […]

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