London's V&A Museum in South Kensington has announced its programme for 2022-2023, placing a spotlight on fashion in Africa and South Korea, as well as hosting its first major menswear exhibition. 

Africa Fashion and Hallyu! The Korean Wave will spotlight the dynamism and vitality of the fashion scenes and creative outputs across the African continent and South Korea, tracing their global impact. Africa Fashion will celebrate the irresistible creativity and ingenuity of contemporary African fashion creatives from the continent’s independence and liberation years to the present day, whilst Hallyu will explore the makings of the Korean Wave and its impact on the creative industries of cinema, drama, music, fandom, beauty and fashion.

Following in the footsteps of the V&A’s internationally-acclaimed fashion shows, the V&A will stage its first major exhibition focusing on menswear, Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear. At a moment of unprecedented creativity in men’s fashion and reflection on gender, the show will celebrate the power, artistry and diversity of masculine attire and appearance.

Africa Fashion will run from 11 June 2022 – 16 April 2023; Hallyu! The Korean Wave will run from 24 September 2022 – 25 June 2023; and Fashion Masculinities: The Art of Menswear will run from 19 March – 6 November 2022.