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The Austrian cross-border project "Alpenhanf 360°" (translated: Alpine Hemp 360°), which connected researchers and businesses from Austria, South Tyrol, Germany, Italy, Switzerland over three years, provided an overview of the activities - including the impact on the textile and clothing industry - as well as the outlook for hemp cultivation in the Alps and the ongoing research... |
Valentin Bontus returned to the training with focus on evaluating different kites... |
Just in time for the start of the winter sports season in many regions of Austria, the Hotel Neue Post under the direction of Nadia Bruckner and Darijo Vujicic, provided a glimpse of the new interior, including the extensive wellness area designed by BWM Designers & Architects... |
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Toro y Moi's 'Hole Erth' album release includes a collaboration with designer Salehe Bembury and Crocs, showcased in the music video for 'Walking In The Rain,' which premiered a few hours ago on YouTube, featuring Toro y Moi's Chaz Bear wearing Bembury's new 'Pollex Cypress Boot'... |
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Fashion.at is not only a frequent guest at fashion, design, theater and art events. A good reason to visit the MQ in the next weeks is the annual event series 'Winter at MQ'. With the decision to launch the series of events with a concert by the pop prodigy Oskar Haag, the MQ once again shows it's special style of bringing the new and qualitatively valuable to the cultural stage... |
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Today Fashion.at received information about the new ambassador of the Austrian winter sports resort Sölden, where the World Cup ski races will take place starting tomorrow. The campaign visuals look like stylish fashion shoots; no wonder, as the photographer behind them is known for his work for glossy magazines such as Vogue and brands like Dior or Cartier. Fashion.at took a closer look and talked to a representative of Sölden... |
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Currently, the Vienna Tourist Board's latest campaign film, 'Vienna: The last place you want to be,' featuring a mayfly experiencing prominent cultural and culinary destinations in Vienna in its short life, is running on social media and online in countries such as the UK, Germany, Italy,... and international platforms such as Disney+ in the US and Netflix in Canada. Fashion.at took a closer look at what happened to the fly in Vienna... |
Fashion.at was invited to the festive event at the headquarters of packaging and logistics company Pawel Packaging in the Viennese port Freudenau to see off the pieces from glass and chandelier manufacturer Lobmeyr on their journey to EXPO 2025 in Osaka, Japan. The Mayor of Vienna, Michael Ludwig, gave a speech about the history and importance of the Austrian company Lobmeyr, founded in 1823, in representing Austrian craftsmanship and design, as well as Vienna's historical ties to Japan - the country used the presentation in Vienna in 1873 to showcase its goods to the Western world for the first time at a World's Fair. The 1873 World's Fair was also the first in which Lobmeyr participated... |
Fashion.at attended the presentation of the collaborative art-design installation 'Archive of Flowers', created by the team of the Vienna-based and internationally operating studio mischer'traxler for one of the windows of the Kristallwelten Store at Kärntner Straße 24 in Vienna. On the occasion of the launch, Katharina Mischer spoke with Lilli Hollein, Director of the MAK - Museum of Applied Arts, and Birgit Schönegger, Head of Art & Experience Management at Swarovski, about the idea of transforming 2-dimensional floral motifs from design sketches or textile prints once created by famous Austrian designers into 3D objects... |
Even if the upcoming time is mostly seen as quiet and contemplative, it's also the most 'event'ful of the year. Fashion.at looked through the calendar and marked the date of the special fashion, design and art event at one of the major hotels in Vienna. Yesterday, SO/ Vienna announced the launch of a digital art experience that will showcase a fusion of fashion, design and technology starting on... |
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First of all - the Viennale Film Navigator is great, but not for searching the visual quality of a movie in terms of costumes. Before diving into the Film Navigator and the results of the chat with the AI, a short overview of the festival: The Viennale is Austria's largest and - due to the quality of the program - most important international film festival... |
New information about Labvert's architectural work for Dior arrived at Fashion.at. The Vienna based architecture and design bureau of Stephan Vary is one of the most active in the international fashion and beauty business of luxury brands such as Dior, Bulgari, Hennessy and Rimowa. Labvert has recently completed significant projects for Dior, designing three exclusive spa destinations around the world - in Doha, Paris and on the French Riviera... |
Today Fashion.at reviewed the online program of the annual re:pair Festival, which will take place for the third time from October 10th to October 27th in Vienna's Museumsquartier. The festival aims to engage the public in repairing with over 120 events combining hands-on workshops and theoretical discussions. There might still be some places available for the fashion related workshops, as Fashion.at was told by curator Tina Zickler on the phone today... |
It's rainy and cold in Vienna right now, with a crisp October breeze. The best weather for visiting museums and events like tomorrow's 'Lange Nacht der Museen', the 'Long Night of Museums', initiated by the Austrian public broadcaster ORF more than 20 years ago in 2000. The museum night takes place every year nationwide in the nine federal states of Austria. In 2024, around 660 cultural institutions will participate. Fashion.at looked closer at the program where to find fashion and design exhibitions among the 121 museums in Vienna that can be visited on October 5 from 6 p.m. with an all-in-one ticket for 17,- Euro... |
In the last few days Fashion.at has received invitations to various events. Probably the most interesting for those interested in design, lifestyle and fashion is the upcoming 'Design District', which will take place from October 4 to 6 on more than 7000 square meters in the Hofburg in Vienna. Fashion.at previewed this year's participants in the 'Fashion & Accessories' category... |
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Today Fashion.at randomly looked through the latest press releases of the European Capital of Culture Bad Ischl Salzkammergut 2024 and came across the announcement of the exhibition 'Green. Art with Nature', which addresses from an artistic perspective the challenges such as sustainability and climate change faced by today's farmers and foresters. The exhibition was developed in the context of the 'Microfarmers' conference organized by the Austrian Association of Small Farmers and Mountain Farmers... |
A special highlight of the fair 'Art Vienna' are the 'Heritage Artists' presented by the magazine 'Schlossseiten', experts on living and lifestyle in Austrian castles, including Marina Blanca, Clara Khevenhüller and Jamie McGregor, who combine historical themes with modern artistic approaches... |
Fashion.at has delved into the topic of 'Chambers of Wonder' in recent days. So when Fashon.at went on an excursion to Forchtenstein Castle in Burgenland, Austria's easternmost federal state, yesterday, a guided tour of the treasure chamber, original rooms of art and wonder from the 17th century, was a must. The chambers were once initiated by Paul I, Prince Esterházy of Galántha in 1692. Today they are called 'Treasure Chamber', but the origin, the fashion of the 16th and 17th century to show the diversity and knowledge of the owners and to make others 'wonder', can't be neglected... |
This week, the City of Vienna's Department of Culture and Science launched a new costume rental service aimed at promoting sustainability within the independent cultural sector. The initiative is in line with the City's Cultural Strategy 2030, which emphasizes environmental responsibility in the arts... |
How to describe Austrian design ad hoc? If Fashion.at had to summarize the essence of Austrian design in a few words, immediately, without thinking long, the answer would be: Puristic, where decoration becomes functional, practical with a focus on easy use, and humorous as the spice of the pragmatic soup composed of traditions and innovations, such as the serving plate for sausages 'Wiener Frankfurter' by the Vienna-based design duo Kim+Heep, or the 'Bong' by the Austrian company Gmundner Keramik, made of the traditional green flamed ceramics... |
The annual festival 'steirischer herbst', directed again by Ekaterina Degot, presented yesterday at a press conference in Graz the program of this year's edition under the title 'Horror Patriae'. Fashion at had a look at the program for fashion related events. One of the outstanding contributions at the festival's main exhibition is by Michèle Pagel with her sculptures 'White Trash Bag' #1 and #2 (2023). These concrete-filled garbage bags, dressed in corset-like traditional boy and girl folk costumes... |
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Morawa is Fashion.at's favorite bookstore in Vienna, not only because it was one of the first to stock the printed booklet of the study 'FashionAvigator - die interessantesten Seiten zum Thema Mode im WWW' in the mid-90s. The study laid the foundation for the development of the journalistic magazine Fashion.at. Morawa has been at the forefront of new developments in book retailing for decades. This week, Morawa launched the AI chatbot 'Mo'. Fashion.at tested the AI... |
Preparation is essential for a relaxing and successful hike, which should be planned in terms of duration and length, including the calculation of the altitude to be overcome, according to the physical condition. |
The Olympic Games are not over yet! The Paris 2024 Paralympics take place from August 28 to September 8. Some may believe that inclusion should look different and that the tradition of holding Para-athlete competitions separately from the actual Olympic Games is outdated. For example, the Austrian teams at the Olympic and Paralympic Games have been presenting their equipment together since Beijing 2008. It's more than just a fashion show - it's a statement for inclusion in sports. Austria is happy about every medal of every athlete! And since yesterday Austria has one more. This time it's a bronze medal in the women's javelin, won by 44-year-old Natalija Eder... |
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In the upcoming exhibition at the Bank Austria Kunstforum in Vienna, visitors are invited to explore the fragile and ephemeral nature of the environment by immersing themselves in an Alpine landscape rendered in the evocative color blue. The title 'Ultra Mare,' which translates as 'beyond the sea' or 'ultramarine,' refers to both the distant origin of the pigment and the vastness of the landscapes it depicts. In Scheiber's work, blue is more than a color; it is a representation of the divine, the feminine, and the fragile beauty of nature, making her art a poignant commentary on environmental and spiritual interconnectedness... |
Today, the Heidi Horten Collection presented the results of the #ARTfluence initiative's voting for the favorite works of art that will shape the museum's new permanent exhibition, 'Klimt ⮂ Warhol,' which is scheduled to open on September 6. Over the course of nine months, more than 21,000 votes were cast, including 13,337 analog votes and 8,002 digital votes. The high level of participation underscores the diversity of the museum's audience and their varied artistic preferences... |
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At the twelfth Kitzbühel Film Festival, acclaimed actor Philipp Hochmair was honored with the prestigious Gams Trophy for his outstanding acting achievements. The highlight of the evening was the presentation of a specially designed 18-carat gold ring by Franziskus Kriegs-Au, managing director of jeweler Julius Hügler. Franziskus Kriegs-Au - himself a TV personality as jewelry expert... |
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Aleksandra Domanović's work is deeply engaged with topics surrounding robotics and media, particularly how these fields intersect with gender, identity, and the legacy of historical narratives. Her exploration of robotics is rooted in the cultural and technological history of the Balkans, as well as in broader global contexts. This is evident in works such as her reinterpretation of the robotic hand designed by Serbian scientist Rajko Tomović, a key figure in the development of early prosthetics... |
Before yesterday's Closing Ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games at the Stade de France in Paris with the sensational show 'Records', the Olympic Team Austria met at the Austria House to look back on the games: The team was the country's largest since Sydney 2000... |
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After the three Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna had to be canceled due to a planned terrorist attack, the reaction of the Swifties was amazing. They met on the streets of Vienna and held their concert event as a community, singing the songs... |
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Vienna's Ringturm attracts residents and visitors to the city every late summer and fall with artworks that address socio-political issues, the zeitgeist, and people's hopes and fears. In 2024, the artwork 'With the Best Ingredients' by Austrian artist Johanna Kandl features the words 'courage', 'solidarity' and 'together' in different fonts and languages. The artist was inspired to create the encouraging visual word rap by the 1982 song 'Keine Angst' (No Fear) by Austropop legend Hansi Lang... |
Today, the campaign images for the upcoming Vienna Awards for Fashion & Lifestyle were released, along with information about the making of. In front of the camera stands Kiera Chaplin, the granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin. Kiera Chaplin was honored as Style Icon of the Year at the Vienna Awards 2010. Behind the camera is Austrian photographer Mato Johannik, known for his work on numerous fashion productions... |
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Yesterday, Fashion.at visited the Parallel Sculpture Park in Gmunden a few hours before its official opening and walked through the Toscana Park on the peninsula at Lake Traunsee, where sculptures by around 45 artists have been placed in expected and unexpected places, such as trees, until the end of August. In a conversation with artist Eva Petric about her triptychon-like sculpture 'DataBank@futureGARDEN', Fashion.at got the impression that the sculpture makes the visitor aware of the information we all carry within us. Eva Petric introduced 'Earth for Empathy' - one part of the sculpture - as resembling the musical instrument xylophone - which doesn't make any sound in this artwork, but visually enhances the silence of nature, which is always there even when we can't hear or see it, like a light wind. When the wind moves the panels, the silent song of the environment begins to play. All we have to do is listen... |
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Summer is the season of outdoor theater and music festivals. An upcoming event combines both, bringing a play with medieval origins and rock music to the open-air stage of a castle that was first mentioned in the 12th century... |
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Fashion at looked through the program of the upcoming Angewandte Festival, which will take place from June 26 to 29. The festival kicks off on June 26 with events such as a tufting workshop by the Institute of Art and Technology's Department of Textile Technology, and continues until midnight with the dance floor party on Oskar Kokoschka Platz, which will be transformed into a specially designed car-free 'Piazza Novissima'. Other events can be visited every day during the festival, such as the Department of Design Investigations' 'What does it mean to be human', with reference to artificial intelligence and ecological intelligence... |
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When the Olympic Games take place in Paris from July 26 to August 11, Austria (population 9.1 million) will be represented by more than 70 athletes. As Fashion.at was told on the phone today, Team Austria currently consists of 71 athletes, a number that is expected to grow soon. Athletes in disciplines such as climbing, BMX, skateboarding will compete at the Olympic Qualifier Series in Budapest, Hungary, from June 20 to 23. In tennis, Austrian player Dominic Thiem could receive a wildcard, and it is expected that more athletes from athletics will join the team due to their rankings. The latest athlete to be granted an Olympic starting place by the World Taekwondo Federation is Marlene Jahl... |
The international dance festival Impulstanz is currently organizing a series of 'Public Moves' throughout the city and, for the first time, in other Austrian capitals - Klagenfurt, Linz and Salzburg. The Public Moves series started on June 8 and will continue until August 9. Fashion.at looked through the program. Today, for example, Karine LaBel's course 'Afro-Haitian Dance' with live music... |
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This week, fashion retailer Peek & Cloppenburg presented some festive looks from its current range. The retail chain is the official product partner of the Salzburg Festival, which is Austria's annual cultural summer highlight. From July 19 to August 31, 2024, the festival will feature operas, theater plays, concerts and additionally a children's program with focus on opera. Today, Fashion.at received more information about the partnership and selected three productions and outfits for an opera, a discussion about AI & Art and... |
Today, Fashion.at previewed the program of the MAK Museum of Applied Arts' 'Fashion Lounge' series, which will take place in one of the museum's branches, the Geymüllerschlössel. Vintage, recycling, and food as art are the guiding keywords of the program 2024. In a few days on June 16, vintage fashion fans will meet at the MAK Fashion Lounge N° 3 to explore and buy pieces from the curated collection of content creator and fashion expert Judith Bradl... |
The first details about the next Vienna Fashion Week have already arrived at Fashion.at, such as the Save-the-Date reminder for the Opening Show on September 9th or the insights into the activities of the 19 finalists for the Miss and Mister Austria 2024 competition, which will take place on September 10th during Vienna Fashion Week... |
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Fashion.at visited the show Modeklasse 2024 yesterday. The evening began with a speech by Petra Schaper Rinkel, the new rector of the University of Applied Arts Vienna, in the multi-story auditorium of the university's relatively new building. The speech was appropriately formal and well thought out for the final semester of students, until it was suddenly interrupted by a political statement, complete with hissing of a flag, throwing of flyers, and a loudly read but acoustically incomprehensible proclamation. The guests, who had already tuned in to the rector's message about the impact that designers can have on our society and the protection of the environment... |
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Recently, on June 3, the publication was honored as one of the country's most beautiful books at the Austrian State Prize ceremony. The biographical catalog of Felice Rix-Ueno's works was selected from 183 submissions as one of the 15 publications to be honored by the Federal Ministry for Art, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport (BMKÖS) and the Austrian Book Trade Association... |
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'Lacrima' had its pre-premiere on May 14th at the TNS, the Théâtre National de Strasbourg. About two weeks later, on May 30th, the official world premiere took place at the Wiener Festwochen. Love and heartbreak are the main themes of the story, which takes place in a French haute couture atelier and revolves around them in various layers. Caroline Guiela Nguyen added another emotional component to the plot – a passion for the fashion crafts, which becomes the acid test in the play... |
This week Fashion.at received closer details about the summer special of the art fair Parallel Vienna in Upper Austria, the Parallel Sculpture Park 2024, which will take place from June 28th to the end of August 2024 in Toscana Park in Gmunden... |
Today Fashion.at came across the news of the Neptun State Prize for Water 2025, Austria's official environmental and innovation award for sustainable water projects with a holistic approach to the topic and a comprehensive concept of who can submit projects or participate. In short: everything is possible, from high-tech projects for water saving to education as well as ideas in the field of fashion design, and everyone from scientists to designers or musicians to interested citizens is invited... |
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Fashion.at recently received an invitation to the press event of the new exhibition 'Theft' (German title: Raub) at the Jewish Museum Vienna, which will open on June 5th. 'Theft' is a joint exhibition that can be seen at both the Jewish Museum and the Wien Museum until October 27. The preview of the exhibition's structure shows how the research results of the institutions - the Jewish Museum Vienna and the Wien Museum - on the collected objects and documents shed light on the biographies of Austrians who belonged to the country's cultural elite... |
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Digital technologies and especially AI are dominating the culture-related information that arrives in the mailboxes of Fashion.at these days. One of the press releases received today was about a practical cybersecurity project launched by a company from Austria that focuses on teaching media literacy in schools with a playful app to combat a cyber threat: fake news and disinformation. The 'Escape Fake' app... |
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AI, robots, and the impact of digital technologies on our societies, political landscapes, economies, and labor markets are evidently shaping contemporary discourses. The rapid evolution of new technologies is outpacing itself in increasingly shorter intervals. What was considered fast yesterday is now surpassed by even faster and more immersive advancements. Fashion.at attended an event featuring talks and discussions that have become essential for those interested in actively designing the future. The event concluded with the University of Vienna's semester question, "Do we know what AI will know?", which prompted speakers and audience members alike to reflect on the topics discussed that evening... |
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The cycling group started their tour and Fashion.at began to explore Bad Ischl until the presentation and discussion about the Willy-Fred bike tour project took place in a bookstore in Bad Ischl. Here in the bookstore, Fashion.at was able to meet Johannes Staudinger and talk to him to get more insight into the project. Staudinger is an enthusiastic cyclist and initiated the sport and culture association Velodrom in Linz, the capital of Upper Austria. Velodrom is also the association behind the European Capital of Culture Bad Ischl Salzkammergut project 'Tours by Willy -Fred. Bicycle Partisans In The Salzkammergut', which was equipped by the media technology and design specialist with an app... |
In this article, Fashion.at reports on the Chiharu Shiota exhibition and a bicycle tour on the tracks of resistance fighters. In both cases, women play a central role. In Chiharu Shiota's installation of 25 dresses in a tunnel, part of a more than 7.6-kilometer system of tunnels dug by male prisoners, who were politically persecuted and undesirable to the Nazi regime, under inhumane conditions that in many cases led to death, the question arises as to why the artist used women's clothing to commemorate the pain of these men - poorly fed and dressed too lightly for the around 8-degree temperatures in the tunnels they built for their tormentors to store, research and develop military weapons. "Why women's clothing?" was one of the questions that came from the audience... |
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