August is a month with not much happening in the Cultural or Fashion scene. This is the month when many people in Europe take their vacation. Mayor cities like Paris become empty when their denizens take off to the plages or country side. Perhaps something not too bad for a tourist that prefers to stroll the streets of Paris solo, like we did two summers ago. In America, however there is no such thing as taking a month-long vacation… yet still we prefer to say outdoors and enjoy the warm weather as long as we can.
For those who still prefer to head inside during those very hot afternoons, here are a few interesting fashion and cultural events around the world available this month, from fashion to Arts, and to take a look at those events that are trailing from past months you can go here.
London,
Matisse in the Studio at Royal Academy of Arts
August 15 – November 12, 2017
By stepping into Matisse’s French studio we can get a glimpse of the things that inspired him, how he lived and his personal way of living. Most of these eclectic and unusual objects were represented in his paintings. Banana figures from Mali, furniture and textiles from North Africa and others…
Paris
Christian Dior, Couture Du Reve at The Musee des Arts Decoratifs
July 15th – January 7th, 2017
Christian Dior, Designer of Dreams is an exhibition celebrating the 70th anniversary of the creation of the House of Dior. This massive and lavish exhibition takes the spectators on a voyage of discovery through the universe of the House of Dior’s founder and the illustrations couturiers who succeeded him: Yves Saint Laurent, Raf Simons, Maria Grazia Chiuri and others. The display covers an area of three thousand square meters…
There are many other interesting exhibition and expositions happening around the world, for more info on them go here.
