TRENDLETTER 19-January-2021

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H&M presents at the start of the 2021 fashion week season the latest designer collaboration with Simone Rocha From 11th March, London-based Irish designer Simone Rocha's first ever line for the whole family will be available at H&M. With only 10 years on the market, the brand Simone Rocha is, compared to other famous design collaborators from the couture world, an exceptional young partner of the Swedish company...

Ongoing future themes? Climate issues and comfort of transport, such as addressed by car sharing services Fiat for example presented last year the fully electric 500 with interpretations by Giorgio Armani, Bvlgari, Kartell. On 15 January this year, FCA Bank (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) and its subsidiary, the mobility solutions company Leasys launched the car sharing service for renting the electric 'Nuove FIAT 500' via go.leasys.com in Turin...

Starting a time travel with the keyword 'shoes' at the Wien Museum Online Collection In mid-November 2020, the Online Collection of Wien Museum was launched. It's an extensive database of currently 50862 records with 81720 images of photographs over graphics to fashion items such as shoes. Last mentioned received now an own article at the museum's digital magazine. In a video, Regina Karner, Director of the Fashion Collection, gives a glimpse of the stories which are hidden in the museum's archive such as that the boots were once worn by...

Insights into the hidden gem Palais Erzherzog Carl Ludwig in Vienna where the Weber+Weber Sartoria showroom and studio are located Currently, Austria is like many other countries in a more tightened lockdown mode which means curfew with exceptions such as for walks for recreation or to work and closed schools, stores, hotels or gastronomy. The lockdown is scheduled until 24th January. Even when it's not visible, designers, artists work further behind the necessarily closed doors. Some have found exceptional workplaces such as Christian and Manuel Weber for their label's tailor shop, the 'sartoria', with a showroom located in the attic of a hidden gem in Wieden, the 4th district of Vienna. The 'Palais Erzherzog Carl Ludwig' from the 18th/19th century at Favoritenstrasse 7 can't be seen from the street...

Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum presents the various sides of Franz von Defregger through the history of the reception of the painter's work and his role as art entrepreneur Franz von Defregger was a 'master of staging'. In the video, his way of working is presented with a painting inspired by the Tiroler Freiheitskampf (Tyrolean Freedom Fight) or Tyrolean Rebellion from 1809. The Director of the Tyrolean State Museums Peter Assmann deciphers the scene even with reference to the festive costumes. Mediated by the image, it appears such as Tyroleans were in their festive costumes every day, worked in the special clothing or even fought a rebellion in Sunday wear...

What's going on in fashion & sports in Kitzbühel? Lena Hoschek's new store, dates of the upcoming Hahnenkamm Races Currently, ski regions, cable cars or ski lifts are allowed to run their business with some restrictions such as fewer guests in one gondola (keyword distance) or obligatory FFP2 masks. Après-ski events are cancelled and as hotels (except for business travellers) and gastronomy still have closed, the ski regions are visited mainly by people who are living nearby or have a secondary residency in the region. Kitzbühel in Tyrol is the most glamorous ski destination in Austria and a hot spot for luxury fashion. By the way, it's a town with many second homes. Recently, Lena Hoschek opened a new store in Kitzbühel with a range reaching from the designer's ready-to-wear over new interpretations of Austrian traditional clothing to classical evening gowns and special only in Kitzbühel available limited editions...

Go to the doctor when necessary! Fashion.at looked through press releases for health related tips. Vienna-based dermatologist and cardiac surgeon Dr. Marie-Theres Kasimir reminds under the motto 'mindfulness and attention' to keep an eye on the skin and possible changes of - for example - moles and the coloring and structure of the dark brown spots...