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Object ID: giving your collection a precise memoryA single photograph does not tell you everything about an object. The standard presented by ICOM helps bring together identifying information, which is useful in particular if an object is lost or stolen.
Buying a print: owning the object, understanding the rightsA photograph can be both a collectable object and a protected work. The French Ministry of Culture’s guide encourages readers to distinguish the physical medium they acquire from the rights that allow it to be reproduced or shared.
An artwork’s provenance: the gaps are part of the record tooBehind a list of owners, there must be documents and verifiable links. A guide from the French Ministry of Culture highlights the importance of research that preserves its uncertainties.
LOOK!: the second life of a garment in a museumOpened in Paris on 30 September, LOOK! celebrates forty years of fashion at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs. Its focus goes beyond the catwalk: what happens to a piece when it enters a collection?
The Antwerp Six: one collective name, six individual pathsAt MoMu, the exhibition looks back at the international breakthrough of 1986. An opportunity to consider what connects six designers without reducing their work to a single style.
Costume Art at the Met: seeing the body through clothingIn New York, the Metropolitan Museum brings garments into dialogue with works from its collections. A way of questioning the place of the clothed body in art history.
Sleep: looking for pointers, not a perfect nightTimings, environment, daytime tiredness: a few observations can help clarify the problem. In Luxembourg, a public resource also explains when to discuss it with your doctor.
OEKO-TEX STANDARD 100: understanding what the label coversA label is useful when you know what it checks. STANDARD 100 concerns substances tested for in textiles: this is different from proof of organic origin or social conditions in general.
Repairing a garment in France: start with the estimateThe Refashion bonus reduces some bills at approved repairers. For cross-border readers, the right approach is to check what repair is needed, where it will be done and how much you will still have to pay.
Clothing: three things to check before you payComposition, size and care answer different questions. To choose a garment you’ll really wear, it’s best to consider all three together.
Unsold textiles: what the ban on destruction changesSince 19 July 2026, large companies have been covered by a new European rule. It concerns what happens to unused clothes; it does not promise every customer a bargain.
Henri Tudor: the man who made electricity an everyday serviceFrom Rosport to Echternach, Henri Tudor refined electric accumulators before helping bring lighting to towns. The story of a Luxembourg inventor who became a European industrialist.