The upcoming MoMu exhibition Unravel: Knitwear in Fashion will introduce the visitor to a wide variety of exquisite knitted garments and accessories from across the last centuries, with a focus on high fashion pieces and their vernacular interpretations. Top pieces by national and international designers and labels (Ann Salens, Vivienne Westwood, Sonia Rykiel, Missoni) historic couture pieces (Schiaparelli, Patou, Chanel) as well as more avant-garde and cutting edge pieces by established designers and newcomers on the international fashion scene (Sandra Backlund, Maison Martin Margiela, Mark Fast), will sit side by side to reveal the richness and diveristy of knitwear in high fashion.
New installations by renowned knitwear designers will be juxtaposed with historic pieces presenting different technical and conceptual approaches to the art and craft of knitting. Ann Salens, the famous Antwerp designer from the 1970s, will get a special homage in the exhibition in the form of installations by contemporary Antwerp-based knitwear designers.
The exhibition will address the important decades of knitwear in fashion, demonstrating knitwear's popularity both on and off the catwalk, and unravelling the changing status of the relationship between knitwear and fashion. Thematically, it will showcase the various roles knitwear has played in social and fashion (r)evolutions and will address knitwear's different and fluid association with comfort, wellbeing and chic.
With Unravel: Knitwear in Fashion, MoMu and Woolmark proudly present a mix of contemporary and classic knitwear design houses, as well as young designers and historical garments. The exhibition will challenge certain established ideas and show that far from being old-fashioned and dowdy - knitting is highly versatile, luxurious and a continuing source of inspiration for high end fashion.
The exhibition catalogue will be published by the Fashion Museum and Lannoo Publishers. (as of March 16th 2011)
Wednesday, 5 January 2011
French business school to offer its leading luxury programme at its Suzhou campus
January 2011. Starting in September 2011, SKEMA Business School will offer its Master of Science in “Luxury and Fashion Management” at its Suzhou campus in China.
Thirty students will follow the programme, which has been designed for young managers to understand the ins and outs of the Chinese luxury market. Emphasizing an applied, problem-solving approach to management, the programme - taught in English - also includes three hours a day of Chinese lessons. Students will visit local specialists in silk, ceramic and porcelain making and must complete a mandatory three-month internship at an Asian-based company.
“Today, China is the world’s third largest market in luxury goods with a growth rate of almost 30% in 2010,” said Ivan Coste-Manière, director of the programme. “Forty percent of the Asian population is less than 20 years old and Shanghai has become a central point of the luxury trade. By offering this programme in China we are opening up new opportunities in a burgeoning market and at the same time reinforcing the school’s international presence and reputation.”
Since opening in 2008, SKEMA’s China campus, located in the Suzhou Technology Park, has hosted 500 students from the school’s Grande Ecole and Master of Science programmes. All students have followed a semester of intense Chinese lessons and courses on China’s socio-economic systems and how to do business in Asia.
The “Luxury and Fashion Management” programme will continue to be taught at SKEMA’s Sophia-Antipolis campus in the South of France.
Press contact: Neil Atherton at Noir sur Blanc
Tel: +33 1 41 43 72 83 E-mail: natherton@noirsurblanc.com
Since opening in 2008, SKEMA’s China campus, located in the Suzhou Technology Park, has hosted 500 students from the school’s Grande Ecole and Master of Science programmes. All students have followed a semester of intense Chinese lessons and courses on China’s socio-economic systems and how to do business in Asia.
The “Luxury and Fashion Management” programme will continue to be taught at SKEMA’s Sophia-Antipolis campus in the South of France.
Press contact: Neil Atherton at Noir sur Blanc
Tel: +33 1 41 43 72 83 E-mail: natherton@noirsurblanc.com
About SKEMA Business School
SKEMA Business School is one of France’s largest Grande Ecoles with 6,200 students and 138 permanent faculty members. The school offers a wide range of degree programs, including bachelors, Grande Ecole (Masters in Management), Masters of Science, specialized Masters, PhD and MBA. The school currently has sites in France (Lille, Sophia-Antipolis, Paris), China (Suzhou), Morocco (Casablanca) and the United States (North Carolina). Campuses will also soon be added in India and Brazil.
SKEMA Business School was created in 2009 by the merger of CERAM Business School and Groupe ESC Lille to offer greater resources to its students, its corporate partners, and its 20,000 alumni. http://www.skema.edu/
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