Monthly Archives: July 2008

It is an undeniable truism of fashion that Basso & Brooke are the kings of prints. Fashionistas know very well the duo’s digitally printed textiles in bold colours that fuse hi-technological processes with elaborate hand-worked techniques. Yet prints were just … Continue reading →

I have been writing for a couple of years for an Italian magazine called Sound & Vision. At the end of last year the magazine launched a competition to find the coolest person on MySpace. For 12 months we interviewed … Continue reading →

There is a story by Spanish post-Romantic writer Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer that I first read 15 years ago and that I still genuinely love. It’s entitled “Maese Pérez, The Organist” and it’s part of Bécquer’s anthology of tales entitled Leyendas … Continue reading →

Objects, products and events are the key aims and objectives of Clara Brito and Manuel Correia da Silva’s Lines Lab project. Based in Macau, famous for being the first and last European colony in China, Lines Lab has become in … Continue reading →

Magazines, music videos, pop songs, the Internet and everyday conversations: these are the main inspirations behind the work of British artist Stuart Semple. Born in 1980 in Bournemouth, Semple studied advanced art and design at Poole’s School of Art, and … Continue reading →

If you’re free today, you’re fashion-starved and you happen to be in London, don’t miss the designers in conversation event chaired by Penny Martin, Editor in Chief of SHOWstudio, featuring design duo Boudicca. The talk is part of the events … Continue reading →

Reviews and articles about the Viktor & Rolf exhibition at London’s Barbican have appeared in many magazines and sites. The event, entitled “The House of Viktor & Rolf”, celebrates the 15th anniversary of the design duo’s career. Inspired by their … Continue reading →

Concerns about the environment and the development of a sustainable economy have recently turned recycling clothes into one of the hippest and trendiest hobbies of British fashionistas. Unfortunately for them, though, thanks to Andrea Crews, the French have been, for … Continue reading →

Everything is possible in Tim Walker’s extravagantly exuberant world: pastel-coloured Persian cats pose under clematis bushes; girls are suspended bait-like on giant fishhooks; horses are photographed inside a house, while white rabbits happily hop around a room. In each picture … Continue reading →

Yes, this is going to be another post about jewellery as I seem to be on a "jewellery crave" for some kind of reason. But, as you know, throughout the centuries jewellery played an important part in different cultures, so … Continue reading →