Theme: In 2025, Fashion Month at the Museum explores the creative relationship between fashion and music. How music inspires fashion and how fashion responds to musical trends. Where visual imagery and sonic expression meet, and how they influence the image of the individual and wider cultural currents. This year's programme brings a dialogue between fashion designers and musicians, a look into the Baroque past and contemporary interpretations of female figures in bourgeois musical culture.
Duration: The project will run from 15 to 29 May 2025.
Read more about the programme:
1. EVENT
Thursday, 15 May 2025 at 19.00, Knights' Hall of Maribor Castle OPENING CELEBRATION for the OPENING OF THE TEMPORARY EXHIBITION "FASHION AND MUSIC" with guests.
How music influences fashion and how fashion influences music will be the starting questions for the opening ceremony of the MUSEUM FASHION MONTH and the opening of the temporary exhibition FASHION AND MUSIC. Under the guidance of curator Maja Hren Brvar and with the help of music, fashion designers Anja Medle (Medle) and Julia Kaja Hrovat (JKH Identity) and musical guests Manca Izmajlova, Maja Pihler - Bilbi, Boštjan Čukur - 6 Pack Čukur, Omar Naber and Marko Soršak - Soki will be searching for the answers.
EVENT 2.
Sunday, 18 May 2025 at 11.00, Knights' Hall of Maribor Castle BAROQUE CELEBRATION WITH FASHION AND MUSIC.
On International Museum Day, we will focus on the Baroque period. Alongside the portraits of noblemen and noblewomen in the Knights' Hall, which are shown to the audience in full-length depictions in the clothes that were fashionable in the Baroque period, students from the Maribor Conservatory of Music and Ballet will present Baroque musical creations.
Music programme:
- Anja Kranjec, flute, 2nd year of Art Gymnasium ( UMG)
Mentor: Valerija Kamplet
Piano: Ivan Fercic
- Enja Leber, violin, 3.l. UMG
Mentor: Peter Kuhar
- Helena Urbanc, violin, 3.l. UMG
Mentor: Vesna Čobal Marta
- String Quartet:
Helena Urbanc, violin, 3.l.
Enja Leber, violin, 3.l.
Katarina Čepin, viola, 3.l.
Maiia Hovorukha, cello, 2.l.
Mentor: Sebastian Bertoncelj
3. EVENT
Tuesday, 20 May 2024 at 12.00, Knights' Hall of Maribor Castle MUSIC AND DRESS: THE FEMALE FIGURE IN THE WORLD OF BOURGEOIS MUSICAL CULTURE. FASHION DIALOGUE WITH MUSIC.
In his reflection entitled Music and dress: female characters in the world of bourgeois musical culture, musicologist Dr Marko Motnik will highlight the "feminisation" of music in the 19th century, which was also reflected in clothing fashion, and music as a value that defined social boundaries and prestige at the time. The dialogue with him will be established by the students of the Maribor Conservatoire of Music and Ballet, who will perform their own songs and a piano recital.
In 19th century bourgeois society, musical education was a value that defined social boundaries, as music was not accessible to everyone. The 19th century saw a general 'feminisation' of music, with a commitment to the arts reflected in clothing fashion. It is no coincidence that the piano was the focus of interest, with young bourgeois women indulging their love of music. The piano, with its dual function as musical instrument and piece of furniture, was an obvious, excellent and sometimes somewhat intrusive indicator of the cultural outlook of the inhabitants of respectable bourgeois homes.
Music programme:
- F. Liszt: Etude Op. 1, No. 9 in A flat major
Neža Štiftar, piano, 1st year UMG
Mentor: Lidija Maletić
- F. Chopin: Etude Op. 25, No. 1 in A flat major
Urška Sekuti, piano, 4th year UMG
Mentor: Lidija Maletić
- F. Schubert: Seligkeit, D. 433
Ana Zoja Dobrnik, soprano, 2nd year UMG
At the piano: Ivan Ferčič
Mentor: Danilo Kostevšek
- F. Schubert: Die Forelle Op. 32, D. 550
Luka Jeršič, tenor, 2nd year UMG
At the piano: Ivan Ferčič
Mentor: Danilo Kostevšek
- C. Schumann: Warum willst Du and're fragen Op. 12, No. 11
Ana Zoja Dobnik, soprano, 2nd year UMG
- C. Schumann: Ich stand in dunklen Träumen Op. 13, No. 1
Luka Jeršič, tenor, 2nd year UMG
4. EVENT
Thursday, 22 May 2025 at 18.00, Maribor Castle Lodge FASHION AND YOUTH. Fashion show - showcasing the creations of design students.
A showcase of student products with a musical twist will reveal fresh and innovative fashion creations that reflect the creativity and talent of future designers.
Participants:
- students of the Ljubljana Secondary School of Design and Photography
- students of the Maribor Secondary School of Design
- Students of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at UM
- Students of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering at UL
- Students of the Faculty of Design (independent higher education institution)
5. EVENT
Thursday, 29 May 2025 at 20.00, Castle Courtyard FASHION SHOW with musical guests. At 21:00: 80s-style party.
The fashion show will present collections by established Slovenian fashion designers who also create creations for music artists. The interplay between music and fashion will blur the boundaries between the two creative fields, which are symbiotic, as music inspires fashion and fashion becomes a visual representation of musical culture.
Participants:
- Anja Medle
- Aemona
- Timothy Bistan
- Urša Drofenik
- Patricia Pie
- Miricota
Musical guests:
- Nuša Derenda
- Bilbi
- Urška Edina
- Nor Frece
- Ema Flora Lotrič
At 21.00, Castle Courtyard 80s PARTY.
The end of Fashion Month at the Museum will be a party, with music from the 1980s.
Theme: In 2024, we will highlight the theme of FASHION ILLUSTRATION, which is a means of communication between the designer and the illustrator and its presentation to the public. After its decline, when it was replaced by photography in fashion, illustration is coming back stronger, better and digitally supported.
Duration: The project runs from 18 to 30 May 2024.
Read more about the programme: Find out more about the programme at link.
Theme: In 2023, we focus on fashion and sport. We presented the theme of fashion and sport from a historical context, as well as from a contemporary one, where leisurewear has become designed for both exercise and general everyday use. This contemporary phenomenon has been approached from several perspectives: the impact of sport on fashion and the impact of fashion on different sports.
Duration: The project ran from 11 to 23 May 2023.
Read more about the programme: Find out more about the programme at link.
Theme: In 2022, the project shines a spotlight on Slovenian fashion brands. We focused on Slovenian brands in the textile industry, including those in the museum's collection, highlighted the term and function of brands, focused on the historical development of textile brands and a historical overview of the textile industry in Slovenia, presented Slovenian fashion designers with their brands and gave space to designers still in training who are embarking on the path of developing their brands.
Duration: The project ran from 5 to 26 May 2022.
PROGRAMME:
- EVENT Thursday, 5 May 2022, 19.30, Knight's Hall of Maribor Castle
Project launch
FASHION REVIEW
Maja Štamol, Princip, Renata Bedene, JKH identity & Ana Cajhen, Jona Bednjanec, Anja Medle, Patricia Pie, David Bacali, Tanja Uvera, The Base Label, Martise & Bubalina, Ymoción Design, OsèRosè, With Joy, Barbarian Fashion
A fashion show of Slovenian fashion designers presenting their brands. Each designer will present 5 outputs.
- EVENT
Friday, 6 May 2022, 12.00 - 19.00
Freedom Square
12.00 - 19.00 / FASHION FRIDAY WITH VILI VAN STYLE
16.00 / FASHION WALK AROUND MARIBOR
- VILI VAN STYLE is a project led by designer Julia Kaja Hrovat with the help of organiser Neže Kos and designer David Bacalia. It is the first mobile boutique shop that connects designers and other creatives in the creative sector as a pop up shop across Slovenia with various accompanying events. Vili is a community that selflessly and mutually collaborates, makes people aware of Slovenian designers and the importance of shopping local and Slovenian, and takes fashion forward. This time, Vili Van Style will bring together 5 young brands: JKH IDENTITY (Ljubljana), DAVID BACALI (Zagorje ob Savi), BOHOHEADWEAR (Celje), DESTILATOR (Pivka), ANA CAJHEN (Domžale)
- FASHION WALK AROUND MARIBOR / Meeting point: At Villa Van Style, Trg svobode, Maribor
6.6.2022 at 16:00 / Programme: guided tour of the museum's exhibition of fashionable clothing and accessories, visit to the unique clothing culture depot, walk through Maribor's boutiques and concept stores.
- EVENT
Thursday, 12 May 2022, 19.00, Bastion of Maribor Castle
Opening of the temporary exhibition
FASHION BRANDS IN THE COLLECTION OF DRESS CULTURE
Opening of the temporary guest exhibition
ALMIRA
- Opening of the temporary exhibition Fashion Brands in the Collection of the Dress Culture of the Maribor Regional Museum. The brands Industrija leather Vrhnika, Swan, Gorenjska oblačila, Kroj, Pik, Mura, Triglav fashion, Rašica, Almira, Lisca, Polzela, Peko and Svila will be presented.
Opening of the temporary guest exhibition Almira in collaboration with Prof. Tanja Devetak, lecturer at the Faculty of Design and curator of the Radovljica City Museum Katja Kreutz Praprotnik
- EVENT
Thursday, 19 May 2022, 10.00, Knight's Hall of Maribor Castle
A CONVERSATION ABOUT FASHION: BRANDS IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY
Guests Petra Windschnurer, Eva Ana Kazič, Katja Toplak, Sanja Grcić
She will present her work as an editor, stylist and writer, as well as her view on the Slovenian fashion scene;
She will present her work as a fashion blogger;
She will present the concept of her fashion boutique Perfect dress code, where she brings together Slovenian fashion designers in Maribor
- Sanja Grcić - Cooperative Zoofa
She will present the concept of the Zoofa cooperative in Ljubljana, in which she participates (Zoofa brings together Slovenian fashion designers in one place), and her successful creative journey of the brand Firma by Sanja;
- EVENT
Thursday, 26 May 2022, 17.00 and 19.00, Maribor Castle Lodge
FASHION & YOUTH
17.00 / FASHION SHOW by students of the Secondary School of Design (Maribor) and the Secondary School of Design and Photography (Ljubljana)
19.00 / FASHION SHOW by students of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (University of Maribor), students of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering (University of Ljubljana) and students of the Faculty of Design (Independent Higher Education Institution)
- Every year, Fashion Month at the Museum closes with young students still in school presenting their final assignments and highly innovative creations.
Theme: In 2021, we are focusing on textiles. We have shown the cycle from the production and processing of raw materials (natural and man-made textile fibres), semi-finished products (yarns, woven fabrics, knitted fabrics) and finished products (textiles, garments). We have highlighted the history, processing, use of materials, fabric structure and, ultimately, innovation in modern textile technology.
Duration: The project ran from 6 to 27 May 2021.
PROGRAMME:
OPENING OF THE TEMPORARY EXHIBITION : FIBRE - FABRIC - CLOTHING
6.5.2021, 20.00, Arcades / Knights Hall
The exhibition will show individual textile fibres, their production and use from raw material to finished product, with the help of exhibits from the museum's collection of clothing culture and individual textile samples for the sense of touch.
FASHION REVIEW established Slovenian fashion designers, who intertwine culture and cultural heritage, transforming it into a modern conglomerate of shapes, colours and patterns of clothing and accessories, creating mostly from natural materials, but also adding new, modern and technologically advanced materials. Participants.
TEMPORARY GUEST EXHIBITION : BIO TEXTILES
13.5.2021, 19.00, Depot of Painting and Sculpture
In cooperation with companies and individuals involved in the production and use of natural bio-based materials (wool, silk, cotton, hemp, flax, jute, etc.), the exhibition will show the production cycle and at the same time highlight the environmental aspects of the cultivation of each raw material.
Participants: Soven d.o.o (bio wool yarn, bio sheep wool), Institute of Silk and Silkworm Husbandry (dr. Rebeka Lucijana Berčič), KON-CERT Institute (organic textiles and leather), ŠTRIKULA (cotton, hemp, flax, jute), ZUYA (organic cotton, bamboo), BEEZEE ECOKID (organic textiles, eco-design), Irena Porekar Kacafura: Maintenance and cleaning of textiles, Eva Ilec: Textile restoration.
EXPERT CONSULTATION - MODERN TEXTILE MATERIALS
20.5.2021, 10.00, Painting Depot
In cooperation with the Faculty of Science and Engineering of the University of Ljubljana and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Maribor, we will be hosting experts in the field of modern textile materials and textile innovations at the expert consultation entitled Modern Textile Materials:
- Prof. Dr. Barbara Simončič (Sustainability challenges in cotton production)
- Prof. Dr. Bojana Vončina (Recycling of textile materials)
- Tanja Pilar (Acoustic Textiles)
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Andreja Rudolf (Smart Textiles)
- Prof. Dr Lidija Fras Zemljič
FASHION AND YOUTH
27.5.2021, Arcades / Knights Hall
The last event of the project is dedicated each year to design students, who present their products in the form of temporary exhibitions and a fashion show. We work with all five Slovenian institutions that educate young people in design and textiles:
PRESENTATION OF PRODUCTS BY DESIGN AND TEXTILES STUDENTS
17.00
- Maribor Secondary School of Design
- Ljubljana Secondary School of Design and Photography
19.00
- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Maribor
- Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering Ljubljana
- Faculty of Design, Associate Member of the University of Primorska
Theme: In 2020, we have thematically linked fashion to the epidemic.
Duration: The project ran from 19 May to 19 June 2020. Due to the epidemiological situation, the project was carried out virtually.
PROGRAMME:
Lot 1: PROTECTIVE MASKS - A NEW FASHION ADDITION?
Many people have organised or reorganised their homes, attics and cellars while we stayed at home. Clothes closets have also been given a new look in many places. People revived various handicraft techniques of knitting, crocheting and sewing. Many people also sewed their own masks. Various fashion designers also contributed costumes and responded quickly to the crisis and the lack of protective gear at the beginning of the epidemic. Some of them also joined forces with each other. For the first part of the project, we invited Maja Štamol, Tanja Uvera, Jasmina Granduč, DH Fashion, the ZOOFA Designers and Makers Cooperative, and Dr Sonja Šterman.
Lot 2: HOMEWEAR = SERVICEWEAR
Many people worked from home. How do clothes affect our well-being, our productivity at work and, ultimately, our relationship with ourselves? Clothes both define us and symbolise us in a way. We have different roles at home than we do at work, so we have a different dress image. We do different jobs in our home clothes that require comfortable and flexible clothes, but these clothes are not necessarily productive in terms of the tasks we do at work. In fact, most people feel much more productive if they dress accordingly.
At this time, a compromise was recommended. You can be comfortable in clothes and also feel organised and inspired to work in a different way. Another important segment was to draw the line between work and "home again". Therefore, it was also important to put clothes over the body so that it can go into a state of necessary relaxation. When we finish our work commitments, we in a sense "change" into another role.
We wondered how this domestic image will affect fashion. Will it intersect with the new fashion trend? Will it combine comfort with attractiveness? Perhaps a more individual fashion will begin to emerge, a new personal renaissance of the individual? We wanted to know how sociologists, psychologists and fashion designers think about this.
We have invited the following guests to join us for these cues, reflections and questions:
- SONJA ŠTERMAN (FSUM)
- The uniform and its impact on work
- NEJC PLOHL (FFUM)
- The psychological impact of clothing on people
Strand 3: CREATIVITY IN ISOLATION
- MARIBOR SECONDARY DESIGN SCHOOL
- Student Maja Vita Onič - Creativity in isolation
- FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR - DEPARTMENT OF DESIGN AND TEXTILE MATERIALS
- Lavra Stančič - a 1st year student of Textile Design Technology at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor - has turned her creativity to making protective face masks during the declared epidemic.
- FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA
- Students (Anamarija Lah, Anže Mrak, Bernarda Gabrijel, Hana Podvršič, Katja Frelih, Kristi Komel, Lucija Bostič, Metka Jelek, Naja Stanič, Neja Žgavec, Patricia Maršnak, Tasja Videmšek, Urška Keber - Totebag project
- Mentor: prof. Karin Košak
- FACULTY OF DESIGN - ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA
- Students Lucija Srebre, Aleksandra Lazić, Urška Kitak, Manca Udovič, Neža Vetrih, Nadja Arhar, Eva Glavan and Marija Stojkovska.
- Mentor: associate prof. Tanja Devetak.
Theme: In 2019, we thematically linked the project to the opening of the clothing and accessories showroom.
Duration: The programme ran from 9 to 30 May 2019.
PROGRAMME
9 May 2019, at 20.00
Knight's Hall of Maribor Castle
Project launch
FASHION REVIEW
Tanja Uvera, Tanja Basle, David Bacali, Julia Kaja Hrovat, Sanija Reja Aske, Simona Kogovšek, Barbara Vrbančič, Patricia Pie, Renata Bedene
16 May 2019, at 19.00
Bastion of Maribor Castle
Opening of temporary exhibitions
FOOTWEAR, HEADGEAR AND HANDBAGS
Mario Herzog, Ana Lazovski, Polona Poklukar,
Jasmina Granduč, Teja Jeglich
Thursday, 23 May 2019, at 10.00
Bastion of Maribor Castle
Expert consultation
FASHION - CULTURAL AND
COMMUNICATION PHENOMENON
Prof. Dr. Breda Luthar, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vlado
Kotnik, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alica Grilec
Thursday, 23 May 2019, at 12.00
Bastion of Maribor Castle
Opening
FASHION CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES SHOWROOM
Thursday, 30 May 2019, at 19.00
Maribor Castle Lodge
Fashion magazine
FASHION AND YOUTH
Presentation of collections by students of the Maribor Secondary School of Design, Ljubljana Secondary School of Design and Photography and students of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, University of Ljubljana and Faculty of Design, affiliated member of the University of Primorska.
Theme: In 2018, we joined the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, with the general theme of uniforms and uniformity as a reminder of social order, organisation, belonging, visibility, unity and tradition.
Duration: The project ran from 18 to 31 May 2018.
Read more about the programme: Find out more about the programme at link.
Theme: The 2017 Fashion Month at the Museum, with the general title Fashion and Architecture, was thematically linked to the 60th anniversary of Plečnik's death and presented the connection between the shapes, structures, patterns and other details of fashion with the shapes found in architecture.
Duration: The project ran from 10 to 25 May 2017.
1. SKLOP: TEMPORARY EXHIBITION Fashion & Geometry
The main part of the project was dedicated to a TEMPORARY EXHIBITION. The exhibition featured objects from the collections of the Department of Dress Culture (clothing and fashion accessories) with a common denominator of lines, geometric shapes, patterns and other details that are also found in architecture. A similar process of designing fashion creations will also be presented in the form of technical sketches. The exhibition was on show until the end of May 2017.
STRAND 2: SIDE EVENTS
Project opening ceremony, exhibitions & fashion show
Date: Wednesday, 10.5.2017 at 19.00
Location: the Knights' Hall and Lodge of Maribor Castle
At the opening of the Fashion Month project at the museum, we hosted renowned fashion designers and artists who use different approaches and techniques to create a link between architectural forms and clothing culture and fashion accessories. They presented themselves in the form of a fashion magazine, exhibitions and audiovisual material.
FASHION SHOW:
- Neža Pavrič (SLO) - Shades of the City
- Tina Gorkič (SLO) - Alpha & Omega
- Nataša Peršuh (SLO) - collection F/W 2017/2018
- NEO Design / Nevena Ivanović (SRB) - ENSONEO / ENSONEO II
TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS:
- Amila Hrustic (BIH) - Platon Collection
- Petra Bole (SLO) - Architectural jewellery
- Nélisabeth (SLO) - MOD - YOU - L´ART & Infinity dress
Theme: In 2016, Fashion Month coincided thematically with the OIDFA International Lace Festival in Ljubljana (June 2016). This was a great honour and privilege for Slovenia, which has a rich and still living tradition of lace making.
Duration: The project ran from 5 to 26 May 2016.
PROGRAMME:
1. LOT: TEMPORARY EXHIBITION
The exhibition featured museum objects related in one way or another to handicraft (lace and embroidery) - noble and bourgeois clothing and garments with lace and embroidery appliqués, liturgical clothing and textiles, bourgeois fashion accessories with lace and embroidery appliqués (parasols, parasols, fans, handbags, gloves, ...), underwear with lace appliqués, textiles for other purposes (tablecloths, bedspreads, etc.), embroidered school patterns and portraits from the fine art collection depicting lace and embroidery on clothing.
In the exhibition, we have linked Slovenian tradition (museum objects) with contemporary trends in fashion capitals (Paris, New York, London, Milan) - well-known and established fashion designers who have incorporated lace and/or embroidery into their collections (Fashion Weeks SS16).
STRAND 2: FOUR SIDE EVENTS
Project opening ceremony
Date: 5.5.2016 at 18.00
Location:Knights' Hall, Maribor Castle
Guests: Alja Novak Viryent, Mr and Mrs Bricman - Porcelain Catbriyur, Tina Koder Grajzar, Manca Ahlin and Petja Zorec.
We presented established Slovenian artists who are involved in one way or another with handicrafts and presented their success stories.
Date: 12.5.2016 at 18.00
Location:Palacij, Maribor Castle
The event was entirely dedicated to young artists who are still in the process of learning. We invited design students to create and showcase contemporary artworks on the theme of lace and embroidery in the form of a fashion show and an exhibition.
Students from the following faculties presented their work:
- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor - Institute of Engineering Materials and Design
- Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, University of Ljubljana - Department of Textile and Clothing Design
- Faculty of Textile Technology, Zagreb - Varaždin
THE SECRET OF LACE
Opening of the exhibition of the lace products made by the lace-makers of the Styria region.
Date: 18.5.2016 at 18.00
Location: exhibition centre Kino Partizan, Grajska ulica
The event was entirely dedicated to the Slovenian tradition of lace art, in the form of an occasional exhibition of knitted products and occasional knitting workshops.
Project closing ceremony
FASHION REVIEW
Date: 26.5.2016 at 18.00
Location:Knights' Hall, Maribor Castle
The project ended with a gala presentation of contemporary lace and embroidery crafts, which, with social changes, led to the mass production and sale of underwear and the discovery of new materials and patterns. We organised a fashion show of (lace and embroidered) underwear in collaboration with the Triumph brand. We presented their mission and their story, which was born in 1886 and is still alive, creating, seducing and making people happy.
