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 6 October 2025Hotelier Elisabeth Gürtler to Receive Austrian Style Icon Award Former Sacher Hotels managing director Elisabeth Gürtler will be honoured as "Austrian Style Icon" at the Vienna Awards' 15th Anniversary Gala on 15 October at the Hofburg. The privately organised awards celebrate her decades-long influence on Austrian elegance and hospitality culture. |
 25 September 2025Design Season in Vienna: From Experimental Visions to Market-Ready Innovations Vienna turns into a stage for design: from experimental ideas at Vienna Design Week to international market leaders at Design District Hofburg. |
 21 September 2025Where to go: Vitra x Calienna craft a new living atmosphere in Vienna A temporary Greenhaus in Vienna's Neubaugasse merges furniture icons with plant design. Experience nature indoors this autumn. |
 18 September 2025Stories in Sparkle: A New History of Costume Jewelry A new Taschen book turns costume jewelry into storytelling—blending history, fashion, film, and even Austrian ties—with a playlist of iconic songs across sparkling chapters. |
 16 September 2025Vienna Fashion Week opens with shifting dynamics at MuseumsQuartier Vienna Fashion Week 2025 opened in Halle E and G at MuseumsQuartier. Fewer designers, absent sponsors, yet still surprising collections. |
 15 September 2025Watch and Jewellery Brand Jacques Lemans' Cultural Gem in Carinthia A Carinthian castle where time, art and wine converge — and Tobias Moretti brings his award-winning crossover performance this October. |
 12 September 2025Textile Art, Awards, and Architecture: Viennacontemporary 2025 Opened with Dialogue and Discovery Viennacontemporary 2025 opened with a press tour featuring highlights from Ulrike Müller's tapestry to Lukas Thaler's limestone benches. |
 11 September 2025Luxury Fashion Meets Alpine Calm: Emerson Renaldi Opens in Telfs A quiet Alpine town meets international luxury fashion: Emerson Renaldi's third store opens in Telfs, near Innsbruck. |
 10 September 2025Porcelain Whispers: Akris' Albert Kriemler Designs for the 2026 New Year's Concert Ballet A first look at the costumes and choreography for the 2026 New Year's Concert ballet — Vienna porcelain, floral inspiration, and MAK as a stage. |
 8 September 2025Viennacontemporary Launches the Art Season with Artists' Views on Reality Back from summer break, Vienna is buzzing again: the art world gathers as Viennacontemporary opens on Sept 11. |
 7 September 2025From Glamour to Code: Hedy Lamarr Prize Highlights Women Shaping Austria's Digital Future Vienna celebrates the legacy of Hedy Lamarr: meet the 2025 nominees driving innovation in blockchain, cryptography, AI, data fairness, resilient networks, and medicine. |
 6 September 2025Vienna Welcomes Palais Rudolf: A New Boutique Chapter in the City's Tourism Boom Vienna's tourism thrives but may soon charge day guests. Palais Rudolf opens this December at Rudolfsplatz, adding a cultural stay in the textile district. |
 1 September 2025Building the Future: Education, AI, and the Human Touch Today marks the start of the school year in Vienna, and Fashion.at has some thoughts on why education is still the foundation for creativity in a world driven by AI. |
 27 August 2025When Craft Meets Cosmos: Austria's Supernova Coin Shines in International Design As school begins, we shine a light on the overlooked art of engraving—and Austria's Supernova coin that won big at the 2025 Coin of the Year Awards. |
 26 August 2025Austria's Connection to Bohemia: The Story of Gablonz Christmas Ornaments A view over the border to the Czech Republic: From bicycles to lobsters, MAK Vienna's new exhibition reveals the surprising world of Gablonzer Christmas ornaments. |
 22 August 2025Between Vanity and Authenticity: Austria's 'Peacock' Heads to the Oscars 2026 Austria’s Oscar entry 'Peacock' (Pfau – Bin ich echt?) by Bernhard Wenger is a biting social satire about vanity, authenticity, and the search for identity, with Albrecht Schuch in the leading role. |
 17 August 2025Vienna Values: A City That Prizes the Prize-Worthy Spotlight on the Vienna Awards 2025: Kilian Kerner and Luise Reichert among the winners, set to shine at the glamorous Hofburg gala. |
 12 August 2025Bring Comfortable Shoes to Explore Vienna on the Tracks of Calle Libre's 'Youtopia' Street Art Week Street art meets utopia in Vienna: from August 16–23, Calle Libre artists will paint new murals, lead workshops and tours, and host parties. |
 1 August 2025Bright Yellow Meets Bold Expression: Austria's Post Boxes Get an Artistic Makeover Austria's iconic yellow mailboxes turn into art! Featuring artists known for collaborations with fashion and lifestyle labels — meet the creatives reshaping everyday objects. |
 31 July 2025From Art to Fashion: Austria's Outstanding Artist Awards 2025 Spotlight Visionary Creators Visionary minds awarded: Jewelry artist Petra Zimmermann received Austria's top state art prize in the category 'Experimental Fashion Design'. Read more about her work and fellow winners. |
 26 July 2025Circularity in Fashion: Intent Grows, But Execution Still Trails Brands want to go circular, but execution lags. The Circular Fashion Index 2025 explains why—and how leaders like Chanel and others are changing the game. |
 25 July 2025From Waste to Hue: Vienna's Colour Lab Uses Unavoidable Food Waste What color is Vienna made of? Vienna Design Week shows bioregional pigments from unavoidable food waste in a living dye lab. |
 24 July 2025Still Time for Biedermeier: A Glimpse into 19th-Century Aesthetics at the Leopold Museum A few days left to visit 'Biedermeier – The Rise of an Era' at Leopold Museum Vienna. Art, machines, swatch boards, garments, silk trade — and thoughts on what's missing. |
 22 July 2025Threads of Heritage: Mexican Textile Art at Weltmuseum Wien From Oaxaca to Vienna: How traditional Mexican dyeing techniques and fashion meet at Weltmuseum Wien this fall. |
 20 July 2025Salzburg's Summer of Style: New Trade Fair 'Schick' Returns to Brandboxx with Curated Programme Salzburg balances stage and style: After February's debut, the Schick trade fair returns with top brands and a live act by Laura Bilgeri. |
 19 July 2025Call to Reimagine Euro Banknotes: Motifs include Austrian Peace Advocate Bertha von Suttner, Beethoven, Storks, and Europe's Rivers Deadline 18 Aug: the ECB is crowdsourcing the look of future euro cash. From bridges to birds—or maybe Beethoven? Find out how the redesign works. |
 11 July 2025Time for Fashion: Art, Design, and Encounters Across Austria This Season From lakeside art in Attersee to collaborative design in Salzburg and fashion shows in Vienna—summer of stylish reasons to travel. |
 9 July 2025What Fashion Says About Its Time: A Quiz on Eras, Society, and Style How did denim become a political symbol? What clothes were worn in times of crisis or rebellion? Take the quiz on fashion shaped by global history. |
 8 July 2025From Fast Trends to Long Life: How Fashion Fatigue Fuels a Longevity Lifestyle Running after trends is out—living longer, healthier, and more sustainably is in. New studies from Austria show a major shift in values. |
 7 July 2025Land of the Diggers: How Austria's Soil and Culture Are Being Paved Over Austria's nature crisis deepens: 11 hectares of land vanish daily. WWF rewrites the anthem and calls for action. |
 29 June 2025Wanderlust and Worldviews: Travel, Art, and Society in the Albertina's Summer Exhibition This summer, while many Austrians take to the road, the Albertina Museum turns travel into art. Discover how journeys shaped creativity. |
 25 June 2025From Cotton to Code: Two Vienna Exhibitions Rethink Fashion's Future Two exhibitions opening in Vienna on June 26 take fashion beyond aesthetics: one confronts fast fashion's wasteful trail, the other explores AI-driven design. |
 23 June 2025Austria Debates Anti-Ultra-Fast-Fashion Law as Europe Follows France's Lead Austria joins the debate on fast fashion: a proposed law targets Temu, Shein & Co. Handelsverband calls for action like France. |
 22 June 2025Lenses on Life: Bruce Weber, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Christine de Grancy in Focus This Summer A Sunday well spent: fashion.at previews Bruce Weber's upcoming book and two summer exhibitions in Vienna. Three photographers, one shared legacy. |
 18 June 2025Beauty as Legacy: From Prince Eugen's Palaces to Philippine Welser's Bath How do we define beauty? Two exhibitions in Austria—one in the East, one in the West—trace the timeless art of living beautifully. |
 17 June 2025From Style Guide to Shopping Trigger: How Fashion Apps Reshape Consumer Behavior Fashion apps do more than suggest what to wear—they reshape how we shop, dress, and think. Insights from the 2025 Simon-Kucher study. |
 13 June 2025Between Dormant Grandeur and Alpine Air: Art Awakens the Astoria in Bad Gastein A forgotten grand hotel, a temporary awakening, and cutting-edge art: art:badgastein meets Positions Berlin Art Fair at the Astoria in Bad Gastein. |
 11 June 2025Austria's AI Awakening: Handelsverband, Google, and Reppublika Reveal the Nation's Readiness for the Future New study by Handelsverband & Google shows: Austria is AI-ready! 95% of Gen Z use AI, businesses invest in training & tech. |
 9 June 2025Viennese Traditions in Focus: Photo Contest Invites Fresh Perspectives on the Familiar Fiaker, Prater, coffee houses: the Vienna photo contest calls for tradition — but do the usual motifs still surprise anyone? |
 7 June 2025'Bewegt im Park': Free Outdoor Fitness Courses Across Austria Free movement for all: Austria's 'Bewegt im Park' brings diverse outdoor courses to parks across the country — no sign-up, no cost. |
 2 June 2025Golf Meets Heritage: A Custom Lederhose for the Austrian Alpine Open Champion Why was a 2025 golf champion awarded a hand-stitched Lederhose? The story behind a garment rooted in Alpine history. |
 22 May 2025Jewelry as Mirror of Society: Eligius Award 2025 Reflects on Material Values, Identity, and Digital Culture What can rabbit droppings, a fool's selfie, and golden headphones tell us about society? Insights into the Eligius Award 2025. |
 21 May 2025Digital Creativity on Stage: Hallein Hosts the 'Creativity Rules' Festival Animated films created for EXPO 2025 in Osaka, VR games, and interactive media—FH Salzburg students present future-oriented work in Hallein. |
 18 May 2025Austria Triumphs at Eurovision 2025: JJ's Win Secures 2026 Contest — A Boost for Tourism, Culture, and the Economy Austria's JJ brings the Eurovision trophy home with 'Wasted Love'. What's next for 2026 — and what does it mean for tourism and the economy? |
 17 May 2025Stories That Connect: Poland Takes Center Stage at Vienna's Ringturm Just before Poland's presidential election, Vienna's Ringturm becomes a canvas for Polish artist Marcin Maciejowski. What connects books, buildings & nations? |
 7 May 2025Carried by the Body: 'SIDEKICKS' Explores Rings and Bags Across Centuries at MAK Geymüllerschlössel How do bags and rings reveal centuries of personal and social identity? |
 6 May 2025Walls That Speak: Vienna's Graffiti Calls for Justice in Animal Farming A new mural at Vienna's Donaukanal critiques pig farming laws as Austria faces decisions on animal welfare reform. |
 3 May 2025Beyond the Mainstream: Fanzineist Vienna Art Book & Zine Fair 2025 Preview Self-published art books, queer zines, workshops & underground sounds: Fanzineist Vienna brings global DIY culture to Semperdepot this May. |
 1 May 2025Hidden Threads, Visible Legacies: Textile Art from the Archives Two overlooked pioneers of textile art take center stage in a new Vienna exhibition—showing how archives, context, and female voices shape design history. |
 30 April 2025A Chronicle in Valentino Red: TASCHEN's New Edition of the Valentino Monograph Fashion.at previewed TASCHEN's monumental new edition of Valentino Garavani, featuring rare insights, couture close-ups and voices from fashion's inner circle. |
 23 April 2025Vienna Through Artists' Eyes: A City in Time at the Heidi Horten Collection What does Vienna look like across two centuries? An exhibition at the Heidi Horten Collection reveals the city through the eyes of Wigand, von Alt, and Oláh. |
 18 April 2025From Ballet to Social Media Dance: ImPulsTanz 2025 Workshop Programme Now Online and in Print How does dance shift from stage to screen? The ImPulsTanz 2025 workshop programme opens with 251 offers – from ballet to camera-ready choreography for social media. |
 13 April 2025Vienna Digital Cultures 2025, Theme 'Model Collapse': A Guide to Festival Venues and Highlights Where is Vienna Digital Cultures 2025 happening? From Kunsthalle to REAKTOR, here's your simple guide to the venues of "Model Collapse". |
 11 April 2025Josephine Baker in Linz, Austria: A Star Revisited through the Lens of Photography No dresses - but plenty of images. Josephine Baker's complex legacy is traced through rare photographs in a new Linz exhibition. |
 10 April 2025Austria's Public Museum Collections Go Digital: Access to Clothing and Textiles from Volkskundemuseum Austria's state-owned museum collections are going digital. The Volkskundemuseum expands online access with textiles and clothing entries in its digital database. |
 6 April 2025Vienna's Artistic Pulse: From Rosaries to Cosmos - Inside the City's Vibrant Arts & Crafts Scene and Its Global Activities Artist Eva Petric is taking shadow-laced rosaries and cosmic reflections global - from Vienna, Salzburg to Osaka and NYC's Viennese Opera Ball. |
 30 March 2025Vienna Art Week 2025: Learning Systems and the Role of Art in Knowledge Transmission Vienna Art Week 2025 critically examines learning systems - challenging power structures, AI-driven knowledge, oral traditions, and ecological intelligence. |
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