2010|07|28

Tonight in Innsbruck: Tyrol-based designer Lisa Walde will open her first signature shop tonight.

The shop opening coincides with the presentation of Lisa's collection of bags and accessories.

Special treat: Robert Rotifer will rock the house. Starts at 6 pm, Innstraße 23.

2010|07|30

After two and a half months powered by the Slow Fashion dreams of Moriz and Michael aka the "Stitch Brothers", it's time to part. For now. Before the two fabulous denim-makers close down their temporary beta-store, a farewell party will take place in the ausstellungsraum-premises on July 30, starting at 8.30 pm. We're sure that this is not the end...

2010|07|26 - 31

Holy moly - while others are preparing for their much awaited summer vacation, Mario Soldo keeps working hard to pimp the fashion profile of Vienna's Generali Centre shopping mall.

The opening of the fourth of 8! weeks will take place tonight, sporting fashion by Robert Schermann and Brigitte Mair alongside photographs by Julian Laidig. At the turntables: Mario Soldo himself.

Programme details:
opening tonight at 7 pm / photo shoot on July 29 from 9 am to 6 pm / fashion show on July 30, starts at 7 pm / designer sale on July 31 from noon to 6 pm.

continues throughout 2010

Okay, that wasn't a very brilliant pun. Anyhow, check out the Fashion Museum in Bath's Assembly Rooms if you're interested in the "Turn of the Century" overview of styles.

Special feature: a total of 20 outfits was recently donated to the museum by Helmut Lang, all of them are on display in this exhibition.

Time for a Bath after all?

Weekend reading out now - for all ipad and smartphone users this is potential beach reading material - the Wild magazine is a new online only magazine (one of those scroll through fully layouted ones), and it's out now.

Why not have a look. Theoretically, Wild is a quarterly magazine with, so we're told, regularly updated contents. Like.

2010|07|24

This is your unique chance of being part of a one-off project: 24 h of life lived by YouTube users captured in a video that will be compiled from your contributions. Feel like contributing? Click here.

2010|09|03 - 05

What a shock, you'll say when reading the dates of this event. But as we'll take a little break in August and would absolutely like you to know about this, well, a little hint at what will be going on in early September:

Veronika Persché invites you to take part in her workshop where she'll explore the joy and pleasure of machine knitting. More info about registration and fees can be found here.

2010|07|24 - 25

A part of this year's programme that accompanies the Textile Forum in Haslach, a weavers' market will take place this weekend. Weavers, designers and artisans from various countries, a total of over 90 of them, will present and sell their unique products.

A great occasion to catch up with new facets of what's generally being called "Slow Fashion". More information can be found on this website.

until August 31

Since she is an original person and always good for a joke, it's only too just that Lena Hoschek calls her summer sale a "striptease". Why not, it's about getting rid of extra clothes, and extra pocket money.

The sale lasts until the end of August in Lena's Vienna and Graz-based shops. More info here and here.

2010|07|21

Kiss someone you love and be part of a special contribution to the battle against AIDS and HIV. Everyone is invited to come to Vienna's Belvedere gardens tomorrow evening at 6 pm and be part of a living red ribbon of countless people who kiss someone they love. Numerous Austrian celebrities support the event.

Fashion special: the official Kiss@Belvedere t-shirt designed by La Hong will be given to the first 1000 participants.

Register online. Click here.

Last minute notification!

Tonight at quartier21 in Vienna - Belgian designer Steffi Tisson will talk about her work for Designers Against AIDS, about past and future projects.

Starts at 7 pm in the Freiraum exhibition venue.

The second of "8! Weeks" starts today, and with another bang. Generali Center on Vienna's Mariahilferstraße is the place to be for all heat-resistant fashionistas in town.

Fashion designer Gina Drewes and photographer Bernhard Musil team up - and the result is a week packed with fashion events thanks to "mother" Mario Soldo:

opening: July 19, 7 pm
public photo shoot: July 22, 9 am to 8 pm
fashion show: July 23, 7 pm
designer sale: July 24, 12 noon to 6 pm

until 2010|07|31

If you haven't paid Arnold Haas a visit in the Wubet flagship store until now, this is a very good opportunity: the Wubet summer sale is on and continues until July 31.

For a combined shopping and swimming excursion, bear in mind that Praterstraße is really on your way to the shores of river Danube.

2010|07|17 - 09|19

Life isn't only about fashion, as we all know, and the summerly fashion scene is a bit scarce. Anyhow, since we strongly recommend our readers to widen their field of interest, here comes an exhibition tip of the other kind:

"The governess and her noble fruits" is an exhibition curated by Ursula Hübner for Harmannsdorf Castle in Lower Austria. The show sheds light on the life of Nobel Prize winner Bertha von Suttner as a governess in Harmannsdorf Castle and thematises growth and learning processes in general. Information here and here.

2010|07|17

You can say what you want - but Vienna's number one AIDS charity gala is at the same time its number one society event. State Opera ball okay, but Life Ball really attracts international celebrities.

Even if you're among the happy (relatively) few who secured their tickets on time (Life Ball is traditionally sold out very quickly), you will be able to dive into the stylish world of Life Ball during the opening ceremony that takes place outside Vienna's City Hall.

Fashion galore, as American designers Diane von Fürstenberg, Kenneth Cole and Calvin Klein will give their best to entertain the crowd. See you there!

2010|07|16 - 17

The ninth edition of the quite remarkable "International Talent Support" competition, which takes place in Trieste/Italy and is powered by Diesel, will showcase fresh fashion and photography blood from July 16 - 17.

Check their website for programme information - or simply "like" them on Facebook.

deadline August 15

Here comes a job offer for a post as a men's tailor at Art for Art costume design:

Werkstättenleiter/in -- Herrengewandmeister/in ab September 2010

Sie sollten neben der klassischen Herrenschneiderausbildung über eine
mehrjährige Erfahrung als Gewandmeister/in in Theater und Oper verfügen.
Grafiskenntnisse wären erwünscht.

Wenn Sie überdies die soziale Kompetenz und den Enthusiasmus mitbringen,
um unser Team von 25 Herrenschneidern zu leiten, so würden wir uns über
ihre Bewerbung freuen!

Die Kostümwerkstätte der ART for ART, Theaterservice GmbH arbeitet
vorrangig für die Österreichischen Bundestheater (Wiener Staatsoper,
Volksoper Wien und Burgtheater), aber auch z.B. für internationale
Opernhäuser, die Wiener Festwochen sowie Film und Fernsehen.

Bewerbungen bitte an:

ART for ART, Theaterservice GmbH
Prof. Annette Beaufaÿs
Goethegasse 1
A-1010 Wien

kostueme (at) artforart (dot) at

We are happy to present our readers with tickets for select ImPulsTanz 2010 events. Tickets for the following events can be won:

1 set of 2 tickets for July 21
Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo / Jean-Christophe Maillot & Liquid Loft | Chris Haring (MC/AT) Daphnis et Chloé / Sacre: The Rite Thing

1 set of 2 tickets for August 12 (premiere)
Les ballets C de la B / Alain Platel & Frank Van Laecke (BE)

To participate write an email with the date of the performance of your choice in the subject line to contribute (at) austrianfashion (dot) net. Competition deadline: July 19. Good luck!

Also: don't forget that it's possible for parents with their babies, children, persons with tattoos, elderly persons, dog owners and horse cart drivers to take part in the opening performance of ImPulsTanz on July 15 - information and details here .

deadline: September 21, 2010

The Stiftung Bekleidungsindustrie in Germany invites participants to submit their concept for this year's FASH award - the overall topic is "Attention, please!?" .

Designers are invited to analyse the impact of an ever present celebrity culture on fashion and create a capsule collection consisting of at least five outfits based on their research.

All relevant information can be found here.

2010|07|12

We already told you that Mario Soldo is back in fashion, more alive and kicking than ever. After putting together the first in a series of Fashion:Mobs, Mario and mother agency are now in charge of a new series of events.

8! Wochen / 8! Weeks will take place in Vienna's Generali Centre from mid-July throughout the summer. The concept: 8 weeks, 8 designers, 8 fashion shoots, fashion shows, sales events.

This interesting initiative positions Generali Centre on Vienna's fashion map and offers young people the chance of being discovered as models by mother agency's very own scouts.

The opening event takes place on July 12, starting at 6 pm with a "Cash & Carry fashion event" featuring Edith A'Gay .