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New - Aircraft When In Doubt Hold Your Altitude Nobody Ever Collided With The Sky poster, canvas

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18 Unmissable Fashion Exhibitions In 2021

How prescient the theme of the last Met Costume Institute summer show now seems. About Time, a fashion exhibition imagining time as a loop, was held in suspended animation during a year in which time apparently stood still, contracted, expanded and rewound, which finally opened in October 2020 and will stay open until 7 February 2021.

This year, we might be prudent to look to the topsy-turvy world of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, subject of the V&A’s next fantastical extravaganza. Opening dates of exhibitions look set to leap around as we wait for vaccines to roll out, and museums play catch-up after months of closure, so please keep referring back to their websites. The international calendar for 2021 is studded with what should have been highlights of last year, including Martin Margiela’s arty takeover of Paris’s Fondation Lafayette Anticipations, London’s The Design Museum’s Sneakers Unboxed and the centenary celebrations for Vogue Paris at the Palais Galliera. (All should now open this spring.)

After months stuck indoors, it’s time to engage in outdoor exercise — if only in the wardrobe of your imagination — with exhibitions on activewear, ’90s style and oceangoing activities. For a reminder of what it was like getting dressed up for a party (or even just to leave the house), there are dreamy fairytale photographs by Sarah Moon and Paolo Roversi, and high-maintenance, highly sexed glamour from Helmut Newton.

For fashion fantasists…

Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser

Starting with a trip down the rabbit hole and ending with a tumble through the looking glass, the V&A’s delayed Alice spectacular explores the origins and influence of Lewis Carroll’s books and their famous illustrations by John Tenniel. Exhibits include costumes and concept art from Tim Burton’s 2010 adaptation, Tim Walker’s Alice-inspired Pirelli calendar photos, and wonderland fashion from Iris van Herpen and Viktor & Rolf.


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