Helmut Lang

Helmut Lang To Stage First Solo Exhibition. By Godfrey Deeny.Fashion Wire Daily. 06.12.08.
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Helmut Lang is to stage his solo art exhibition, the latest example of signs of life by the man once regarded as the most influential fashion designer on the planet. (Godfrey Deeny)

Entitled “Helmut Lang – Alles Gleich Schwer,” or All Has Equal Weight, the solo effort will be staged in Hanover as part of a major event named Hanover Goes Fashion, with some 10 exhibitions held in leading museums and institutes. Lang’s show will be staged in the German city’s Kestnergesellschaft and curated by Neville Wakefield and Frank-Thorsten Moll. (Godfrey Deeny)

“The continuity is that I’m expressing what’s important to me with the appropriate form, content and context through different mediums and other dimensions” (Helmut Lang)

Alessandro Dell'Acqua / Vanessa Beecroft

Malo Names Dell'Acqua Creative Director. By Godfrey Deeny. Fashion Wire Daily. 05.29.08.

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"Alessandro has also successfully married art and fashion, designing all the shoes for Vanessa Beecroft’s happening VB46 in the Gagosian Gallery in Los Angeles – the only items the models wore in that event."

Hyeres Festival 2008

Britain’s Cunnington Tops Hyeres Winners for 2008. By Godfrey Deeny. Fashion Wire Daily. 05.02.08.
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"Matthew Cunnington has won the key award at the 2008 Hyeres Festival of Fashion and Photography, the Continent’s most prestigious prize for emerging young design talent." (Godfrey Deeny)