TRENDLETTER 1-December-2021

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MKG Hamburg exhibition 'Dressed' follows role models, pioneers for telling the story of 200 years of fashion and emancipation The arts and crafts museum MKG Hamburg presented the programme 2022 with previews of exhibitions such as 'Dressed' about fashion and social changes over 200 years. For the exploration of society and especially the role of women, MKG uses as 'red thread' clothing and accessories worn by extraordinary women, role models in their times from the early 19th century until nowadays. Even when the presented women were according to the press release not selected after the criteria status or celebrity, the dramaturgical red thread is mainly a luxurious one...

Music tip from Vienna: Soulful single 'A Little Love' from the new Christmas EP by Austrian singer, songwriter Cesár Sampson The new EP 'A lovely little Christmas' by Austrian producer, singer, songwriter and dancer Cesár Sampson, who is known from Dancing Stars, The Masked Singer or the Eurovision Song Contest, was released recently. Part of the EP with cover versions of classics like Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' is Cesár Sampson's latest new song and Fashion.at's favorite track 'A Little Love'. The singer mediates with the new EP a kitsch-free soulful Christmas mood...

Austrian company Neubau Eyewear received German Design Award 2022 for the sustainable design of the special sunglasses edition 'Lotte & Hans' The German Design Council presented the German Design Award 2022 winners in the categories Excellent Communication, Product Design and Excellent Architecture. It's the 10th anniversary of the German Design Awards honoring projects, products, architecture, companies which are representing new design strategies as answers of existing and upcoming challenges for a better future. One of the 'Gold' winners is the Austrian company Neubau Eyewear for the special edition 'Lotte & Hans' which was launched earlier this year on occasion of World Oceans Day as a statement for climate and environmental protection...

Austria Insights: Preview of the concept of the costume designs for Verdi's opera 'Nabucco' at the Oper im Steinbruch in Burgenland (13 July until 14 August 2022)
In the week before the full lockdown is starting on Monday, 22nd November in Austria, the 'Opera in the Quarry' (Oper im Steinbruch) provided insights into the preparations for next year's production, the freedom opera 'Nabucco' by Guiseppe Verdi (1842). Daniel Serafin, Artistic Director of the Oper im Steinbruch, cooperates for the realisation of 'Nabucco' with an international team of specialists of opera and arena productions. The name of director Francisco Negrin is known from opera, arena, stadium productions - and fashion such as the Louis Vuitton Fall 2020/21 show. Responsible for the costumes of the opera 'Nabucco' is Pepe Corzo...

Austria Insights: The best way to get through the Covid-lockdown is to make home an oasis of relaxation and happiness The full lockdown starts in Austria on Monday, the 22nd November. Fashion.at looked through the latest press materials for tips for making your own home with some easy and affordable tricks more comfy and found the information about the selections of body- and home products by Rituals packed as gift sets for Christmas. But who says that it's obligatory to wait, when it's needed some weeks before? One of the boxes carries the text "Happiness can be found in the smallest of things"...

Fashion.at visited the Austrian Press Days where new and upcoming fashion, beauty and culinary products were presented: Bakery Öfferl opened online coffee shop with focus on sustainable products Fashion.at met Öfferl's Director of Coffee, Martin Wölfl who recently won the 'Brewers Cup' at the Austrian Coffee Championships 2021. The competition foresees that baristas prepare coffee at first with a given product. In a second round, the participants of the challenge can choose individually a product for the preparation of coffee. The jury selected the coffee by Martin Wölfl who used for the 'Brewers Cup'...

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