TRENDLETTER 10-May-2024: New Robot; Environmental Awareness; Outfits for Austrian Representatives;...

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TRENDLETTER 10-May-2024

New Robot; Environmental Awareness; Outfits for Austrian Representatives;...

AI equipped walking roboter Mornine
Omoda's parent company, Chery Automobile, unveiled Mornine, an AI-equipped walking robot for retail services and family care with a focus on emotional expression

Chery Automobile, headquartered in Wuhu (China), made waves in Europe last year when it announced that its Omoda brand - O stands for oxygen, moda for modern, referring to a sustainable and fashionable lifestyle - would be launching new cars in Europe. On the Austrian market, the fully electric Omoda 5 EV will be available as a counterpart to the petrol version Omoda 5. This week, the latest news from Chery Automobile, one of China's largest automobile exporters, arrived at Fashion.at. This time it was about the robot Mornine...

Fashion.at met Florentina Leitner
Fashion.at met Florentina Leitner at her MAK (Con)Temporary Showcase exhibition to talk about her work and how fashion can be used to raise awareness for environmental and social issues

One of the most interesting fashion-related exhibitions in Vienna at the moment is that of Florentina Leitner at the Geymüllerschlössel, a branch of the MAK Museum of Applied Arts. Fashion.at visited the opening of the retrospective, which highlights the work of the Austrian talent, who lives in Antwerp, Belgium. Director Lilli Hollein welcomed the guests in the romantic garden of the Biedermeier summer palace. People were relaxing in the green and on benches and chairs, children were playing, at a table women created flower artworks. Fashion.at went with designer Florentina Leitner to James Turrell's skyspace 'The Other Horizon' to talk about her work and how fashion can be used to raise awareness for environmental and social issues. The first question was why the designer chooses themes from film and literature, such as Jeanne d'Arc or the film about Marie Antoinette in the L'Autrichienne collection, rather than those that deal directly with current socio-political issues such as diversity, inclusion or resource conservation in relation to conscious fashion consumption...

Outfits for Miss & Mister Austria finalists
Mission Austria cooperates with fashion school Michelbeuern for Miss Austria and Mister Austria contest

A 'Mission Austria' in the truest sense of the word is currently underway in the country's fashion industry. The fashion school Michelbeuern and 'Mission Austria', the organizers of the Miss Austria and Mister Austria contest, have joined forces. The finalists - five women and five men - will be dressed in custom-made outfits...

Olympic Team Austria's outfits for Paris
Olympic and Paralympic Team Austria presented the outfits for Paris with a focus on inclusion and sustainability on an airy catwalk

Athletes of the Olympic and Paralympic Team Austria unveiled the official outfits for Paris 2024 in a fashion presentation at Vienna's MQ Libelle. The collection, comprising 60 pieces from eight outfitters and valued at €4,300, combines the functionality of performance wear with sustainability requirements for pieces in the team's signature colors of red-white-red, referencing the colors of the Austrian flag. For the Opening Ceremony, the athletes will appear in a sporty-elegant interpretation of the Austrian national costume, the Tracht...

Martina Hohenlohe's coffee, tea table
Europe's second-oldest porcelain manufactory Augarten Porzellanmanufaktur Wien presents signature Viennese tableware with Martina Hohenlohe, a representative of the Austrian way of life

Ask an Austrian - or even a large language-model chatbot - to name two signature tableware designs, one in ceramic and one in porcelain, and the answers are likely to be the green flamed design from Gmundner Keramik and the 'Vienna Rose' (or Viennese Rose) creation from Augarten Porzellanmanufaktur Wien. The latter is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a campaign focusing on the use of the sets featuring the famous 1920s design. The décor was designed by the company's employees and presented to the public in 1924...

Cytara's questions about design & art
Cytara's quiz about design & art: Do you know who designed these iconic pieces?

Cited from the generated greeting (the greeting can change): "Hello! My name is Cytara, and I'm an AI chatbot for the users of the magazine Fashion.at. I'm here to talk about fashion, culture, art, and design with you. Today, I have a quiz prepared for you about designers who have made a mark at the intersection of design and artistic expression. Please keep in mind that, like all AI chatbots, I may not be perfect, but I do my best to provide you with accurate and interesting information. ..."