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The inscription on an inner waistband proved to be an order number, not a maker's signature.

A tailor's mark that took time to read

Two pieces are never hung — they lie flat, in storage and in the exhibition alike.

How to store cloth that is shedding

One exhibit is shown open — not because of damage, but because of the mannequin's size.

The corset that does not close

The collection shows not separate garments but how the line changed — from shoulder to hem.

Silhouette of an Era: historical costume from Roksolana...

Three movements are shown open — so that they can be heard running.

Why one side of the collection is shown without glass

On one exhibit the strap belongs to another, earlier watch — and the label says so.

A strap older than the watch

An enamel dial with hairline cracks is not washed — only dusted with air.

How to clean a dial you must not touch

One movement in the collection is never wound — and the collector explains why.

The watch stopped on purpose

The collection traces the move from pocket to wrist — and how the case itself changed because of it.

Mechanics of Time: pocket and wrist watches from Vira...

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Art Nouveau Rings: Kyiv 1900–1914

Kyiv's Art Nouveau jewellery workshops and their rings with plant ornament. Makers' hallmarks are matched to workshop addresses on a map of the city.

📅 October 2, 2027

The Mourning Wardrobe: Rules for Two Years

A regimen of colour and cloth, prescribed month by month.

Dye: Why Red Fades Differently

Natural and early synthetic dyes, and how they decide what a garment looks like now.

Sunglasses, Gloves, Parasol

Small objects that finished a look, and were the first to leave it.

👤Svitlana Vintazhna

The Coat as the Finish of a Look

Cashmere, karakul, a fur stole — outerwear designed to be seen in motion.

👤Olena Diamante

Amber, Coral, Turquoise: Colour Without a Cut

Organic and opaque materials, valued for something other than sparkle.

👤Dmytro Sapphirov

Key, Chain, Fob

A watch's rigging: the objects without which it neither ran nor travelled.

👤Vira Melnyk

The Wedding Dress That Was Remade

Traces of alteration as the biography of a garment and a family.

👤Roksolana Hrynko

The Chesterfield: A Coat That Outlived Its Class

The velvet collar as a sign that lost its addressee and stayed a shape.

👤Ostap Kravets

The Box as Part of the Object

Original hat boxes: advertisement, transport and provenance in one.

👤Kateryna Pylypenko

The Cane: Support, Weapon, Signature

Carved pommels, and what they concealed inside.

👤Danylo Shevchuk

Kyiv Fashion Week: The Runway Archive

The runway archive of Kyiv Fashion Week: collections, programmes and backstage photographs. Materials that until now lived in individual designers' archives are brought together for the first time.

📅 September 18, 2027

The Vyshyvanka in the City: 1990–2020

Three decades in which the vyshyvanka returned from the museum cabinet to the city street. Mass-produced pieces are shown beside makers' work, so the difference is plain.

📅 September 11, 2027

Go-Go: The Boot That Became a Decade

How one shaft shape concentrated the end of the sixties.

👤Svitlana Vintazhna

The Lace Veil and the Wedding Canon

What was inherited from wedding dress, and what was made anew.

👤Olena Diamante

The Tiara and the Occasion for It

Ceremonial pieces and the social events that required them.

👤Dmytro Sapphirov

The Craft of the Cut: The Atelier of the Future

A project on tailoring craft as cultural heritage.

👤Ostap Kravets

The Crown of the Look: The Hat Tomorrow

A project on millinery as a living craft.

👤Kateryna Pylypenko

The Language of Objects: The Accessory of the Future

A project on the accessory as a marker of style and social etiquette.

👤Danylo Shevchuk

The Fabric of Time: Historical Costume Tomorrow

A project on preserving historical dress and the language of the cut.

👤Roksolana Hrynko

Ticking Into the Future: The Watch as Heritage

A project on mechanical watchmaking as a living cultural tradition.

👤Vira Melnyk

Enamel: Seven Colours of Fire

Hot enamel and how the kiln's temperature decides colour: the same mixture turns green or blue depending on degrees. Failed trials are shown too — they are what explains the craft.

📅 May 15, 2027

The Bride's Shirt: Pokuttia and Bukovyna

Wedding shirts from two neighbouring regions, differing in colour and thread density. The exhibition shows how a single sleeve told which village the bride came from.

📅 April 24, 2027