Exhibitions and events:

The Footwear Collection
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery

This unique collection houses footwear that dates from the ancient Egyptians and Romans through to present day! There are also footwear accessories such shoehorns, shoelaces, shoemaking tools, window displays and trade catalogues and photographs. The history of the shoe obviously runs side by side with the history of costume but is in itself a fascinating industry. The collection consists of more than 12,000 items which also includes fine art representations of shoes and footwear. A fantastic opportunity to let your shoes fetishes roam free!

At the moment they have an exhibition of innovative, individual and inventive work by The University of Northampton Fashion students. The exhibition includes work by students on the BA (Hons) Fashion, Footwear and Textiles course. The exhibition runs from 1 March to 13 April 2008.

17th Century Gloves
Bath museum of costume

This is a wonderful exhibition of some of the rarest, most precious and oldest garments in the Costume Museum’s catalogues. It is a small display but a huge event in historical terms. All the 20 pairs of gloves on show were either worn for special occasions or given as gifts and therefore are intricately embroidered and embellished.

In the 17th century, the hand and wrist were seen as intimate, personal parts of the body and covered up for social occasions by the upper classes. Gloves had a part to play in the social etiquette of the time.

Gentlemen would kiss women’s gloved hands as an amorous or respectful greeting and men would challenge each other to a dual by “throwing down the glove” as they would have been recognized by the design of their gauntlet.

Study facilities at the Bath Museum of Costume

Another excellent service provided by the Bath Museum of Costume is their private library of historical costumes. Strictly by appointment only, students can privately view rare and historical garments for research purposes. See below for more details visit: www.fashionmuseum.co.uk

Exhibitions and events:

Fashion Evolution
The Button Factory
Temple Bar
Thursday 7th
7pm

This is an evening reception to launch a 4 day eco-fashion event including café-style talks from key people in the industry including Katherine Hamnett (who you can book into an ethical debate with), Mike Barry (head of sustainability for M & S), Ingrid Schullstrom (Head of Social responsibility for H & M) and well know Irish stylist and fashion journalist Constance Harris. There is an ethical fashion exhibition and a design competition in association with Oxfam. This series of events hopes to raise awareness and attract the attention of Irish buyers, designers and consumers to inform them of the environmental effects of the industry in an attempt to find ethical solutions to the industries growing eco-problems. Log onto www.re-dress.ie for more details and bookings.

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Belfast Fashion Week 08

The Belfast fashion week is coming up in March and they will be looking for styling students to volunteer as dressers and back-stage runners. Many of our students participated last year and found that the contacts they made during the week led to further jobs and styling opportunities. You do not need to work the entire week, they are happy to take people on for a day or two also.
Click here for more info
or click here to download more information

The Make-Up Room
7 Pembroke Place,
Upper Pembroke Street, Dublin 2.
Tel: +353 1 6785968.
info@themakeuproom.ie 

At last I have found a fantastic supplier of make-up and stylists kit bag supplies! From portable ironing boards, to accessory organizers, to sewing kits and stain sticks, The Make-Up Room have a fantastic range of products that you can buy from their showrooms in Dublin 2.Their retail section is available to students and professionals working or studying within the makeup, fashion and hair industries.

If you wish to learn more about applying make-up for individual clients or more theatrical make-up for styling projects they also provide an extensive range of makeup artistry courses, designed to appeal to everyone; from introductions to the skill set of the makeup artist to the latest techniques and complimentary skills for professionals wishing to update their knowledge.
For more information visit  www.themakeuproom.ie

Style Icon Museum
Newbridge Silverware Showrooms,
Co. Kildare:
Permanent Exhibition.

This is a brand new museum, opened in June 2007 housing a collection of iconic dresses and gowns once worn by stars such as Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe, Ingrid Bergman, and Jean Simmons. Newbridge are a well established Irish silverware design emporium and have recently focused their marketing at their jewellery collection. They have used iconic fashionistas such as Miss World: Rosanna Davidson and Yasmin Le Bon to be the faces of Newbridge Jewellery in the past couple of years. There is a new addition to the collection of the pink cocktail dress worn by Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffanys in 1961, as well as more modern gowns worn by the likes of Sarah Jessica Parker and Barbara Streisand.

The National Museum of Decorative Arts
Collins Barracks
Dublin.
Permanent exhibition

`The way we wore`. This exhibition displays a historic collection of Irish clothing and jewellery from the past 250 years. Many of us think of Irish clothing as home-made aran jumpers and head scarves; however this exhibition shows that the majority of Irish people from 1760-1960 dressed in styles which competed with the fashion conscious Europeans of their time.

Admission is free.

Cow’s Lane fashion market,
Dublin Every Saturday morning,
(near temple bar)  

Cow’s Lane is a fantastic weekly fashion, vintage and accessory market . Go along to find one-off fashion finds, see new and upcoming designers exhibit their work, pick up jewellery, gifts and crafts. At the moment Cows Lane Market are looking for stylists and designers to set up their own stalls weekly and sell fashion products e.g. customized clothes , home-made handbags etc. So if you think you have a fashion product or concept you could sell,
click here for more details.

Exhibitions and events:

Sole desire: the shoes of Christian Louboutin
Fashion Institute of Technology
Add Address
New York
March 13th-April 19th

Louboutin`s famous signature red-soled shoes go on display in this shoe addicts dream exhibit. Organized by student graduates from FIT the display highlights the designer’s innovation and his contribution to key trends and shapes in footwear and design. He is accredited or the re-birth of the stiletto heel and renowned for the pure sexuality his creations exude. All photos by Irving Solero, Courtesy of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York.

The Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibition
The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising
9195 Grand Ave
Los Angeles
CA 90015
Until April 12
(This exhibition will be closed March 21st - 23rd)

This exhibition shows the amazing costumes from some of the most popular films of recent years. See the exciting array of costumes up close and personal and recognize them from such films as Elizabeth, Sweeny Todd, Harry Potter, The Golden Compass and many more. Apart from showing us garments from detailed historical representations to exotic gothic genres it is an incredibly enjoyable exhibition-for fashion and film lovers alike (in other words-you can bring your boyfriend and he wont complain!).

Also on permanent exhibition at the
Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising:
The Annette Green Perfume Museum
Los Angeles campus
Free of charge

Aprox 150 objects are exhibited and rotated in this permanent exhibit that is the only one of its kind in the States .Annette Green has been one of the key people in the world of fragrance since the 1960`s and today is one of the U.S. `s leading authority on perfume and scent. Her collection comprises of over 2000 pieces which include perfume bottles, written historical notes and sketches from the 1800s to today.

Exoticism
Chicago History Museum
Until May 7th 2008

This current exhibition shows beautiful 18th and 19th century fabrics and textiles from China, Japan India and Africa with embellished silks, embroideries and rich dyes. It looks at the use of such textiles by the top designers from past and present such as Issey Miyake, Kenzo, Paul Poiret and Chanel. Over 40 designer pieces are on display and the result is a colourful, unusual and inspirational look at exotic fashion over the past 250 years.