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Cover of 'Costume Jewelry', Taschen, 2025, hardcover volume with photographs of nearly 600 historical pieces.18 September 2025
Stories 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.

Organizers introduce Vienna Fashion Week 2025 opening show inside Halle E at MuseumsQuartier.16 September 2025
Vienna 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.

Burg Taggenbrunn above its vineyard and an interior view of concert hall of Burg Taggenbrunn with stone walls and modern design15 September 2025
Watch 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.

Abaseh Mirvali and Coraly von Welser speaking in front of Ulrike Müller's tapestry during the Viennacontemporary 2025 press tour.12 September 2025
Textile 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.

View of the new Telfs store of Emerson Renaldi and surrounding Alpine landscape.11 September 2025
Luxury 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.

Vienna State Ballet dancers Alaia Rogers-Maman, Victor Cagnin, Gaia Fredianelli, Calogero Failla, Natalya Butchko, Géraud Wielick, Ketevan Papava, and Timoor Afshar with choreographer John Neumeier at the MAK, rehearsing for the 2026 New Year's Concert ballet.10 September 2025
Porcelain 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.

Artist Natália Sýkorová posing barefoot within her metallic installation, wearing avant-garde clothing, her hand transformed into alien-like mechanical prosthesis, reflecting themes of technology and survival.8 September 2025
Viennacontemporary 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.

A woman interacts with a futuristic, transparent holographic display showing intricate mathematical equations, computer architecture, and glowing data visualizations.7 September 2025
From 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.

Bedroom, wardrobe with minibar, and bathroom of a Palais Rudolf hotel room in Vienna, featuring calm tones and a mix of vintage and modern design.6 September 2025
Vienna 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.

AI-generated book cover for 'The Vienna Glitch: A Fashion Odyssey' showing a neon cyberpunk city with the Fashion.at logo as a glitchy circuit board. The right image is a 3D render of the book on a table in a fashion editorial studio with design elements.1 September 2025
Building 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.

Close-up of Austria's 2025 Coin of the Year, 'Supernova' – a uniquely shaped, concave silver coin featuring a vibrant Crab Nebula motif. Photo: © Münze Österreich AG.27 August 2025
When 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.

Lobster and bicycle Christmas tree ornaments from Gablonz, made of glass beads and wire. © MAK/Christian Mendez26 August 2025
Austria'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.

Poster of the film 'Peacock' (Pfau - Bin ich echt?) with actor Albrecht Schuch as Matthias on the left, and portrait of director Bernhard Wenger on the right. Photo: © Hannah Schwaiger.22 August 2025
Between 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.

Kilian Kerner, International Fashion Designer of the Year 2025, at his desk with fabric swatches (© Robin Kater). Luise Reichert, Photographer of the Year 2025, smiling in a patterned dress on a chair (© Julius Bartz).17 August 2025
Vienna 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.

Left, Calle Libre 2025 team posing together outdoors. Right, a blue map marking numbered live painting spots in Vienna's Meidling district. © Jolly Schwarz, courtesy of Calle Libre.12 August 2025
Bring 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.

Launch of 'Reif für die Gallery' on July 30: Austrian Post CEO, artists, and team present art-transformed mailboxes on the rooftop of Post HQ in Vienna.1 August 2025
Bright 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.

An image with the text 'From Art to Fashion: Austria's Most Visionary Voices' in a large central bubble. It is surrounded by smaller bubbles containing black pictograms for the arts: a dress, a paint palette, theater masks, a film clapper, a camera, a book, a musical note, and a classical building, all on a textured background.31 July 2025
From 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.

An infographic of a circular economy. A large circular arrow contains smaller arrows labeled DESIGN, PRODUCTION, REUSE, and CONSUMPTION on the left. On the right, arrows for CONSUMPTION, REPAIR, and NEW MATERIALS show the flow of resources back into the system and the introduction of new ones.26 July 2025
Circularity 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.

An illustration of natural food pigments, showing raw vegetables, nuts, and spices on the left, and a corresponding color wheel of derived powders and dried foods on the right.25 July 2025
From 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.

Exhibition view at the Leopold Museum with four original Biedermeier-era garments on display.24 July 2025
Still 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.

Weaver on backstrap loom creating traditional Mexican textile22 July 2025
Threads 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.

The pictures show singer Laura Bilgeri (left) and the Brandboxx Salzburg team: Katharina Krassnitzer, Markus Oberhamberger and Elisabeth Kreuzberger.20 July 2025
Salzburg'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.

A female designer sits at a desk in front of a window, creating a banknote design on her computer. To her left is a large mood board filled with inspirational images of portraits, birds, and currency.19 July 2025
Call 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.

An over-the-shoulder view of a woman touching her smartwatch. The screen is illuminated with a calendar reminder that reads 'Fashion 12 July.'11 July 2025
Time 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.

A vintage-style photo of a couple in 1970s attire, including bell-bottom jeans, relaxing in chairs on a sunny beach with colorful umbrellas, surfboards, and the ocean in the background.9 July 2025
What 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.

A smiling man and woman stand together in a modern, sunlit kitchen, chopping colorful fresh vegetables on a white island counter. Large glass doors in the background open to a green, sunny yard.8 July 2025
From 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.

A traditional wooden Alpine chalet, symbolizing Austrian culture and nature, is trapped and isolated within a vast, sterile concrete courtyard, illustrating the paving over of the nation's heritage and nature.7 July 2025
Land 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.

Anna Baar-Plommer, 'Mountain lake with Glockner group' (1860–1890), The Albertina Museum, Vienna. A tranquil mountain lake scene with the peaks of the Glockner group in the background, captured in naturalistic tones.29 June 2025
Wanderlust 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.

Over-the-shoulder view of a woman at a white desk working on a large computer. The screen shows an AI-generated fashion photo of a model wearing embellished flared jeans, and a physical pair of the same jeans lies on the desk next to the keyboard.25 June 2025
From 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.

The AI-generated picture is an over-the-shoulder view of a woman with long brown hair sitting at a table in a café, browsing a clothing retail app on her smartphone. A cup of coffee is on the table, and other café customers are blurred in the background.23 June 2025
Austria 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.

Photographic triptych featuring: the cover of Bruce Weber's book My Education (TASCHEN, 2025); Henri Cartier-Bresson's iconic 1932 photo Behind Saint-Lazare station in Paris; and Christine de Grancy's 1976 image of Vienna's Prater. Cartier-Bresson and Grancy exhibitions at Foto Arsenal Wien.22 June 2025
Lenses 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.

Portraits of Prince Eugene of Savoy (KI-generated and watercolor) and Philippine Welser, displayed side by side.18 June 2025
Beauty 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.

The picture shows a woman sitting in her apartment with view over Vienna. 17 June 2025
From 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.

Two views of the Hotel Astoria in Bad Gastein, the venue for the 'art:badgastein X POSITIONS' fair during sommer.frische.kunst 2025.13 June 2025
Between 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.

A woman in a beige coat stands inside a clothing boutique, using her smartphone next to a rack of dresses. A city street is visible through the window behind her.11 June 2025
Austria'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.

Clown face on a carousel ride at the historic Wurstelprater amusement park in Vienna.9 June 2025
Viennese 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?

Group of people exercising outdoors in a park fitness class led by an instructor.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.

Left: Monika Ebner begins tailoring the winner's Lederhose by tracing chalk outlines. Right: Leo Bauernberger, Nicolai Von Dellingshausen, and Monika Ebner present the symbolic Lederhose. © Hetfleisch / SalzburgerLand2 June 2025
Golf 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.

Three jewelry-inspired art objects: a pearl-like necklace made of rabbit droppings by Stephie Morawetz; a steel pin shaped like a phone in Konstanze Prechtl's 'Fool's Selfie'; and brass-and-metal headphones from Uma Vogl-Fernheim's 'Dream On' series.22 May 2025
Jewelry 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.

Campaign visual for the Creativity Rules Festival 2025 in Hallein, featuring student work from FH Salzburg's Creative Technologies department.21 May 2025
Digital 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.

JJ celebrates winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 for Austria with 'Wasted Love.' Photo: © ORF/Roman Zach-Kiesling.18 May 2025
Austria 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?

Ringturm covered in artwork showing bookshelves and a man reaching for a book; artwork by Marcin Maciejowski, photo by Hertha Hurnaus, rendering, Wiener Städtische Versicherungsverein.17 May 2025
Stories 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?

19th-century Austrian embroidered travel bag next to a sculptural ring by Petra Zimmermann made from a vintage metal clutch, acrylic, amethysts, and gold-plated silver.7 May 2025
Carried 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?

Graffiti of a sad pig with the message 'Nein zum Vollspaltenboden!' and the URL vgt.at/Schweine on a wall at Vienna's Donaukanal.6 May 2025
Walls 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.

Fanzineist Vienna Art Book & Zine Fair at Semperdepot with visitors browsing tables of zines and publications in a previous year.3 May 2025
Beyond 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.

Exhibition view of 'Textile Transfers' at Universitätsgalerie der Angewandten im Heiligenkreuzerhof with historical textiles; photo by Manuel Lopez Carreon.1 May 2025
Hidden 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.

Book cover of 'Valentino. A Grand Italian Epic', TASCHEN's hardcover monograph in red, edited by Armando Chitolina with texts by Suzy Menkes and Matt Tyrnauer30 April 2025
A 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.

Balthasar Wigand, Sewing kit, ca. 1820, with miniature watercolor views including Spinner at the Cross. Heidi Horten Collection23 April 2025
Vienna 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.

A diverse group of dancers of various ages participate in the 'FemFunk' workshop led by Jermaine Browne (US) at a dance studio. Photo: © yakoone.18 April 2025
From 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.

Image: Arvida Byström, A DOLL'S HOUSE, 2022. Courtesy of the artist.
Arvida Byström's work is featured in the 'Model Collapse' exhibition at Kunsthalle Wien Karlsplatz during the Vienna Digital Cultures 2025 festival. Byström, a Swedish artist based in Stockholm and Paris, is known for exploring themes of femininity, digital culture, and identity through lens-based media, performance, and sculpture. Her work often delves into the social, aesthetic, and economic implications of the internet, employing a hyper-feminine aesthetic to challenge traditional norms. In addition to the exhibition, Byström will present a performance titled A Cybernetic Doll's House on May 17 at Haus der Republik (Wiener Festwochen) � Funkhaus, further engaging with the festival's exploration of technological and societal shifts.13 April 2025
Vienna 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".

Image: Exhibition view of 'Josephine Baker. Idol Icon Inspiration' at Francisco Carolinum Linz (April 11 � September 7 2025), showing photographic works in a gallery setting. Photo: © kunst-dokumentation.com / Manuel Carreon Lopez.11 April 2025
Josephine 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.

Image: Screenshot of the Online Sammlung Plus page from the Volkskundemuseum Wien showing a historical postcard titled 'Man in Hutsul costume from Kolomea, Galicia (now Kolomyia, Ukraine).' The image is a hand-colored studio portrait from the 1880s, depicting a man in a winter coat with a fur hood holding a rooster. The postcard was created in the former crown land of Galicia, which was part of the Habsburg Empire from 1772 to 1918. After World War I, Galicia was divided and became part of present-day Ukraine and Poland. Source: sammlung.volkskundemuseum.at.10 April 2025
Austria'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.

Image: Artist Eva Petric photographed at Galerie V&V on April 3, 2025, during the vernissage of her latest exhibition 'Rosaries � Compass for Shadows & Puppets Series.' Photo: © Fashion.at6 April 2025
Vienna'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.

Image: A digitally generated image of a cityscape featuring the text 'Who controls knowledge?' The image was created by Fashion.at using Google's Gemini 2.0 Flash model on March 30, 2025.30 March 2025
Vienna 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.