As debates on the burqa rage worldwide, De Young Museum exhibition explores complexities and range of Islamic dress
Mika Rottenberg’s surreal world lands in London’s newest space, Goldsmiths CCA, while the “king of cling” Azzedine Alaïa captivates at the Design Museum
Decision follows a controversial closure in February for Erdem’s runway show
The garment was conserved for the Holburne Museum's exhibition of objects collected by the “intrepid” traveller Ellen Tanner
The Reverend James Martin, a Jesuit priest and author, on what Catholics can take away from the Met’s Heavenly Bodies exhibition
Curator Andrew Bolton’s Costume Institute blockbuster is pointlessly offensive to believers
The museum's annual gala show examines how the Catholic Church’s aesthetics have influenced designers
From cabinets of curiosities at the Whitechapel to confronting trauma at the Barbican
Peter the Great’s tailored justaucorps, Catherine the Great's gown and more on display in St Petersburg
Houses beef up digital teams by hiring from the fashion industry in a bid for new revenue streams
Museum's Marrakech counterpart is due to open later this month
The Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris has curated a blockbuster exhibition with more than 400 dresses
We Wear Culture presents objects, exhibitions, videos and virtual tours of international collections
Elaborate, luxurious and costly styles, such as those worn by Marie-Antoinette, helped to alienate the court from the people
The exhibition offers an overview of how Chinese culture has influenced Western fashion
After the gala and serious fundraising, Costume Institute and Asian art department join forces to celebrate real and imaginary China
McQueen show refashioned in London
A Las Vegas gun company announced in July that it had created an accessory for the “stylish” gun owner
A former clothes factory in Italy will house 200 works
Attendees could find themselves in front of too candid a camera
300 early pieces funded by the National Art Collections Fund
On view from 22 April to 13 July
How the Condé Nast-published art magazine expresses the current merging of consumption values and art
Hume talks painting, why he relishes a little melancholy, and what he learned from working with Stella McCartney