Where fashion becomes a platform – Talbot Runhof at TIM Augsburg

For the first time, Talbot Runhof’s fashion is being showcased in a retrospective exhibition at the State Textile and Industrial Museum in Augsburg (TIM).

“Celebrating Fashion – Talbot Runhof in Paris” is a declaration of love for three decades of craftsmanship, attitude and glamour — and we at WE ARE VIDEO were privileged to be part of this exhibition.

On 16 April 2026, an exhibition opened at the State Textile and Industrial Museum in Augsburg that is more than just a fashion show. At the opening, creations from the “LIE TO ME” collection are on display; in the next room, glass sculptures glow in rainbow colours — a collaboration with the Spanish artist David Magán — and just as transparent and multicoloured are the Munich-based brand’s latest dresses.

And then: the immersive space between the designs and the catwalk. We at WE ARE VIDEO had the special honour of designing this centrepiece of the exhibition. Three projectors project Talbot Runhof’s fashion shows across three walls. The audience sits on cushions on the floor, surrounded by light and movement — and suddenly you’re right in the middle of it: on the Paris catwalk, at that moment when a dress becomes an event. What we have created here is not a screening. It is an immersion.

The retrospective takes us through the duo’s career spanning several decades, transporting us to a place somewhere between a Parisian studio and a grand catwalk show – exactly what Johnny Talbot and Adrian Runhof have created here together with TIM Augsburg.

In doing so, the pair also weave politics into their fashion: when a video went viral in 2014 showing an American woman in a corduroy dress publicly admonishing a gay man that homosexuality was a sin, they simply named their next collection “Corduroy Skirts Are A Sin” – and the corduroy dresses that emerged from it now shine brightly in the exhibition.

“Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.” — Mae West

The quote could just as easily have served as the label’s founding manifesto. Fashion not as a beautiful shell, but as a mirror of social developments — with sensitivity and conviction, but without pointing fingers.

Closer than ever before

“Celebrating Fashion” is also an invitation to engage. Visitors can take guided tours of the exhibition with Johnny Talbot and Adrian Runhof in person — and discover where the two draw their creativity from, what drives them, and why their fashion has moved so many people for decades.

More than a retrospective, this exhibition is an invitation: take a closer look. Understand what lies behind a design. Feel what fashion — truly good fashion — can do for you.

Celebrating Fashion – Talbot Runhof in Paris
17 April – 25 October 2026
State Museum of Textiles and Industry (tim)
Provinostraße 46, Augsburg
Tue–Sun, 9am–6pm · Closed on Mondays

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