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TRENDLETTER 25-January-2023
Trachten Interpretations, Couture with Message, Bread against Food Waste,...
Gina Drewes' interpretations of the traditional Carinthian dirndl, originally developed by Austrian artist Leopold Resch in 1911 Designer Gina Drewes presented new interpretations of one of the traditional dirndls of the southernmost Austrian federal state Carinthia with a short snippet of the state's costume history from 1911 when painter and trachten researcher Leopold Resch developed the so-called 'Carinthian dirndl'. The term 'trachten' denotes traditional clothing, costumes. In Carinthia exist different designs of the dirndl which was traditionally developed as a sign of the origin of the population of specific areas...
Rebekka Ruétz stages the sustainability goals "Buy less, waste less, fix more, share more and be willing to pay more" with 'braveNEWworld' couture at Berlin Fashion Week Recently, the press images of the runway presentation of the Rebekka Ruétz 'braveNEWworld' collection consisting of more than 30 outfits arrived at Fashion.at. The experimental couture looks are highlighting the topic upcycling and the sustainability goals "Buy less, waste less, fix more, share more and be willing to pay more". Rebekka Ruétz used for the creation of the collection old sports wear by Scott like ski clothing, fabrics from the home textiles collection by Home Interior and lingerie such as bras, bralettes and high waist slips by Hanro...
Activity against food waste in Austria: Bakery 'Bäckerei Hager' in Lower Austria makes new products from old bread and calls it 'Comebäck' bread Bäckerei Hager's new product is partly made of old bread from the day before. It is named 'Comebäck', a word creation of 'comeback' and 'bäck' from the German word 'Gebäck' (baked goods). Around 20% of the Comebäck bread comes from the bakery's overproduction. The old bread is shaved in fine crumbs and roasted at 100° C before being used as an ingredient of the new product which keeps well for another 2 to 3 days...
Fashion.at's Karin Sawetz asked AI for inspiring information for a virtual fashion and costume museum in the metaverse I asked ChatGPT to generate ten questions and answers concerning Austrian fashion and costumes. I wanted to find out which clothing pieces or names of Austrian fashion history and contemporary design are part of the knowledge of such an elaborated language processing AI...
Interior design by Paris-based Gesa Hansen for Villeroy & Boch in Pantone's Color of the Year 2023 'Viva Magenta' Around one week after the energetic color 2023 was unveiled, trend looks for lifestyle items in or with the deep crimson-red color, if it's fashion or home interior, have been published. It appears slightly like a style competition of the best looks. German ceramics company Villeroy & Boch (since 1748) for example teamed up with one of the company's designers Paris-based Gesa Hansen...
Wien Museum MUSA presents innovations in pedagogic, architecture and design from between the world wars at the exhibition 'Atelier Bauhaus, Wien - Friedl Dicker und Franz Singer' (until 26 March 2023) The third pillar of the exhibition is Dicker & Singer's design of objects like furniture which is characterized by multifunctionality and transformability through fold or stack functions. Singer took care of the design of the carpentry work with its rotating and folding mechanisms. Dicker was responsible for the color and material designs as well as the creation of textiles such as furniture covers, belt coverings, curtains, bedspreads and tapestries...
Preview Vienna 2023: Kunstforum Wien presents works by Kiki Kogelnik addressing topics like identity or the representation of women in fashion magazines Many Austrian museums have already published previews of next year's exhibitions. One of the exhibitions with relation to fashion and lifestyle is 'Kiki Kogelnik: Now Is The Time' on view from 2 February until 25 June 2023 at the Kunstforum Wien...
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