TRENDLETTER 9-November-2021

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Vienna Insights: The Austrian Fashion Awards 2021 went to Petar Petrov and to Jojo Gronostay's art project and clothing brand DWMC On stage, Veronica Kaup-Hasler, Vienna City Councilor for Culture and Science, Jojo Gronostay, founder of the art project and clothing brand DWMC (Dead White Men's Clothes) and presenter Miriam Hie who explained the meaning of the phrase 'Dead White Men's Clothes' which comes from the translation of the Ghanaian term 'Obroni Wawu' denoting second-hand clothes from the West brought to Africa. The term was explained with reference to the Kantamanto market in Accra, the capital city of Ghana...

Preview of the upcoming Viennese balls in 2021 and 2022 in Vienna and New York City: Which balls were canceled, which events will happen? A practical calendar for ball events (inclusively a list of already canceled events) in Vienna can be found online; not on the list, as the dance event doesn't happen in Vienna, is the Viennese Opera Ball in New York City. The 66th Viennese Opera Ball in New York City will happen on 13 May 2022 at the Cipriani 42nd Street. Artistic director of the ball is once again Austrian culture manager Daniel Serafin. Ball President Silvia Frieser and Chair Jean Shafiroff...

Vienna Insights: Fashion by students of Modeschule Hetzendorf photographed by Irina Gavrich is now on the 'trackway' through Vienna Already in summer this year, Modeschule Hetzendorf used the alternative runway presentation with large-format depictions of works by students applied to the outsides of one of the Viennese ULF (ultra low floor) trams for the communication of the achievements of the students and the school's various programmes which range from textile to fashion, hats and bags or shoe design. In November, Modeschule Hetzendorf sent a selection of images captured by photographer Irina Gavrich together with the information that the next episode of the ULF fashion tram project happens...

Vienna Insights: Applied arts projects for repairing and sharing clothes 'Mend & Swap' part of the upcoming Vienna Art Week (12 -19 Nov) reflecting upon 'Losing Control' in times of a pandemic and climate crisis The programme of the upcoming Vienna Art Week from 12 until 19 November ranges from exhibitions of works by international artists such as Bruce Nauman, Cindy Sherman, Juergen Teller, Brigitte Kowanz, gelitin, Erwin Wurm,... to community art projects. Fashion.at looked today through the online programme and found an event series of two initiatives dedicated to the consumption of clothing and the re-creation of fashion...

A/W 2021 dates of the traveling Fesch'Markt for design, cosmetics, culinary,... inclusively fashion swaps in cities through Austria: From 12 to 14 November in Vienna
The market with focus on independent and emerging labels Fesch'Markt was founded more than ten years ago in 2010. It became through the years known as a sort of hub for new innovative products from fields like design, cosmetics or culinary. The market is also one of the country's most important organisers of fashion swaps...

'Co-Exist' range from the H&M collection series dedicated to innovations in fashion is fully certified by the animal rights organization PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) H&M released previews of the upcoming edition with the title 'Co-Exist Story'. The items were designed as alternatives to fur or leather and went through vegan production processes without the use of material from animals...

Austria Insight: Vienna-based beauty brand Temt presents new skincare for cold days with a limited edition in special packaging showing Tyrolean artist Alfons Walde's painting with skier The first views of the new 'All Winter Care' were released with playful depictions of the design of the packaging and the quality of the skin care such as the picture mediating the 'creamy' texture of the winter cream with a small figure of a skier making a turn, which fits to Alfons Wade's painting 'Der Schwung' (translated 'The Turn')...