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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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Historical Textile Restoration: Workshop in Action

Upcoming exhibition-workshop shows the practical side of museum work — restoration of fragile 19th-century textiles. Visitors will see the process of cleaning old silks and wool from mould, stabilising damaged seams, restoring lacework and embroidery, and analysing historical dyes. The programme includes lectures on the chemical composition of natural red dyes (madder, cochineal, saffron), demonstration of microscopic fibre identification, and open master classes for restoration-school students. A separate section is a dialogue with private collectors on preserving family heirlooms.

📅 November 20, 2026

Corsets and Fin-de-Siècle Tailoring

Upcoming exhibition — technical history of corset construction from the 1880s-1910s: from the classical hourglass to the Edwardian-era S-curve silhouette. The exposition shows over forty original corsets from the museum's collection, Parisian corsetier drawings, hand-stitching tools, bone and steel frames. A separate section is devoted to the Health Reform movement (women's dress reform), which preceded the silhouette revolution of the 1910s. The exhibition is accompanied by technical master classes on reconstructing historical cuts.

📅 November 20, 2026

The Wedding Ring as a Document

Wedding rings engraved with dates, names and cities — each one a short record of a family. The exhibition reads these inscriptions as archival documents rather than ornament.

📅 September 5, 2026

Nyz, Cross-Stitch, Kachalochka: Seven Techniques

Seven embroidery techniques shown from the face and from the reverse — it is the reverse that tells them apart. Each technique comes with an enlarged detail and its region's name.

📅 September 1, 2026

Linen and Silk: Fabric as a Decision

An exhibition about how fabric choice changes the garment itself: the same pattern in linen and in silk yields two different silhouettes. Weave samples are shown alongside, under magnifiers.

📅 August 1, 2026

Nineteenth-Century Children's Dress

Clothing that dressed a child as an adult — and the moment that stopped.

Hutsul Dress: The Third Pole of Ukrainian Costume

A continuation of the Polissia and Podillia conversation, this time about the mountains.

The Bag as a Structure

Frame, lock, handle: objects built more like luggage than accessories.

👤Svitlana Vintazhna

1967: The Dress That Got Shorter

Retro mini, and how fast the line of the permissible moved.

👤Olena Diamante

The Fibula: A Fastener That Became Jewellery

A twelfth-century silver fibula beside what that function became in eight hundred years.

👤Dmytro Sapphirov

The Chronograph and the Second Men Began to Count

How sport and industry made the small subdial an everyday need.

👤Vira Melnyk

Handmade Lace: Hours You Can See

What one collar cost in hours, and why machine lace changed fashion faster than taste did.

👤Roksolana Hrynko

The Tailor's Tools and the Hand

Shears, chalk, iron — and the marks of work left on the garment itself.

👤Ostap Kravets

The Hat Pin: An Object That Was Banned

A twenty-centimetre cameo pin, and the city rules that capped its length.

👤Kateryna Pylypenko

The Twenty-Button Glove

Length, cut and fastening as an exact social code for an evening.

👤Danylo Shevchuk

Kyiv Fashion Week Spring 2026

The main fashion event of the year. Fashion week in Kyiv with shows by 30 Ukrainian and international designers. Shows, presentations, afterparties.