FASHION MONTH AT THE MUSEUM 2024
FASHION ILLUSTRATION
18. 5. - 30. 5. 2024

Maribor Regional Museum holds the largest and unique collection of clothing culture in Slovenia, which is of national importance. It comprises more than 10,000 objects (fashion clothing and accessories, uniforms, liturgical textiles, textiles for other purposes, theatre and film costumes and artistic fashion creations) from the 17th to the 21st centuries. The programme is called FASHION MONTH AT THE MUSEUMand our curator, Maja Hren Brvar is organizing it since 2013, every year in the month of May. It is a comprehensive programme with a central temporary exhibition of museum material and a varied accompanying programme.

 

18 May 2024, 11.00, Kino Partizan, Maribor

OPENING OF THE TEMPORARY EXHIBITION FASHION ILLUSTRATION - A VISUAL LUXURY

On Saturday, 18 May, International Museum Day, at 11:00 a.m., we are opening a temporary exhibition entitled FASHION ILLUSTRATION - A VISUAL LUXURY, at the Kino Partizan exhibition space. The exhibition will feature original 19th-century fashion illustrations, as well as original garments and accessories from the collection of Dress Culture. Contemporary digital illustration will also be shown through a historical walk of fashion illustration. The exhibition will also feature fashion design students with their selected fashion illustrations. It will also offer visitors the opportunity to actively participate by sketching/illustrating in different techniques. A live drawing event will be held at the opening on 18 May and the exhibition will be on display until 31 August 2024.

 

21 May 2024, 11.00, Knights' Hall of Maribor Castle

FASHION TALK: ILLUSTRATION AS A VISUAL LANGUAGE

On Tuesday, 21.5.2024 at 11:00 a.m. we will hold a FASHION CONVERSATION on the topic ILLUSTRATION AS A VISUAL LANGUAGE in the Knights' Hall of Maribor Castle.

The fashion roundtable discussion will include the theme of illustration as a visual language. Invited guests (Dr Sabina Puc, Faculty of Design / Matic Brezovšek, graphic designer / Assoc. Prof. Dr Marija Nabernik, Academy of Fine Arts, University of Ljubljana / Meta Wraber, freelance illustrator) will talk about fashion illustration, graphic design, illustrating clothing culture (documenting costumes) and the profession of illustrator.

 

23 May 2024, 18.00, Maribor Castle Loggia

FASHION AND YOUTH

On Thursday, 23 May at 18:00, we will be holding an event called FASHION AND YOUTH at the Maribor Castle Loggia. The presentation of products by design students will reveal fresh and innovative fashion creations, supported by fashion illustrations and sketches, reflecting the creativity and talent of future designers. We will be working with five Slovenian institutions that educate young people in design and textiles.

At 18.00: presentation of products by students of the Maribor Secondary School of Design and presentation of products by students of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Maribor, the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering Ljubljana and the Faculty of Design - an independent higher education institution.

 

30 May 2024, 20.00, Maribor Castle Loggia

FASHION REVIEW

On Thursday, 30 May at 8 pm at the Maribor Castle Loggia, we are closing the Fashion Month at the Museum project with a FASHION SHOW by established Slovenian fashion designers who will present their sustainable collections, including fashion illustrations/sketches, as the initial stage of the garment design process - from idea to execution and presentation.

16 Slovenian fashion designers will present their creations with their own brands: Sanja Veličkovič, Barbara Vrbančič, Tanja Uvera, Julia Kaja Hrovat, David Bacali, Barbara Franjič, Katja Toplak, Anja Medle, Sofia Nogard, Sanija Reja Aske, Ose Rose, With Joy, Natalija Lesjak, Renata Bedene, Katja Kuhar and Urška Drofenik.

 

 

PAST EVENTS

Magdalena Blaževič, V poznem poletju, Literarni večer, dogodki, slika za slider-min
25.
November 2024

Reading with Maribor Library

BOOKS AT THE GREAT CAFÉ - In late summer

banner 47minut IG1_1080x1080_
23.
November 2024

EXPERIENTIAL PERFORMANCE

MAISTER'S ACTION FOR MARIBOR

A documentary-art performance of the disarmament of the Green Guard on 23 November 1918.
Variacije - Hommage Franzu Lisztu, slika za GRID dogodki 300x200 (1)-min
14.
November 2024

CONCERT - NEW STORIES

VARIATIONS - HOMAGE TO FRANZ LISZT

Original compositions by students of the Maribor Conservatory of Music and Ballet.
Makendonski pogovori in zgodbe, Darka Zvonar Predan, prikazna slika dogodka, portret grad, 2024
13.
November 2024

BOOKS IN THE CASTLE CAFÉ

MACEDONIAN CONVERSATIONS AND STORIES

A book of interviews "Macedonian Conversations and Stories" by journalist Darka Zvonar Predan.

PAST EVENTS

Other events

Magdalena Blaževič, V poznem poletju, Literarni večer, dogodki, slika za slider-min
25.
November 2024

Reading with Maribor Library

BOOKS AT THE GREAT CAFÉ - In late summer

banner 47minut IG1_1080x1080_
23.
November 2024

EXPERIENTIAL PERFORMANCE

MAISTER'S ACTION FOR MARIBOR

A documentary-art performance of the disarmament of the Green Guard on 23 November 1918.
Variacije - Hommage Franzu Lisztu, slika za GRID dogodki 300x200 (1)-min
14.
November 2024

CONCERT - NEW STORIES

VARIATIONS - HOMAGE TO FRANZ LISZT

Original compositions by students of the Maribor Conservatory of Music and Ballet.
Makendonski pogovori in zgodbe, Darka Zvonar Predan, prikazna slika dogodka, portret grad, 2024
13.
November 2024

BOOKS IN THE CASTLE CAFÉ

MACEDONIAN CONVERSATIONS AND STORIES

A book of interviews "Macedonian Conversations and Stories" by journalist Darka Zvonar Predan.
Accessibility