Monthly Archives: July 2008

A few days ago I was rushing around Glasgow’s city centre when a shop window saying “Classic Vintage Jewellery” caught my eye. I’m a bit of a jewellery addict, something I have developed from a very young age, so I … Continue reading →

One of my current obsessions is the link between fashion/lifestyle and architecture. I will probably explore further the issue in a future blog and maybe analyse in depth the architectural inspirations behind some of the most striking creations by a … Continue reading →

Big Brother regrettably spawned hundreds and hundreds of mutant reality shows, from wife swappers to wannabe chefs, from castaways to celebrities trying to resurrect their defunct careers. One format that seems to have worked extremely well is a fashion industry … Continue reading →

Fashion magazines are usually not only extremely heavy to carry around, they are also expensive. The idea behind them is that you buy them, read the features, look at the photo shoots, get inspired and store these heavy burdens of … Continue reading →

Russian-Belarusian-French painter Marc Chagall was born on 7th July 1887 in Vitebsk, Russia. The eldest of nine children in a close-knit Jewish family, Chagall moved to St. Petersburg to study art and then settled in Paris where he joined the … Continue reading →

Missing scenes from German director Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927) were rediscovered a few days ago in the archives of a Buenos Aires museum. Apparently, some of the lost scenes were originally cut from the film as the American Paramount Pictures … Continue reading →

Stepping into the world of fashion was a rather difficult task for Italian designer Ferdinando Sarmi. Discouraged to pursue a career into fashion from his father, Sarmi studied law. When he finished his studies he first worked in a bank, … Continue reading →

The connection between fashion and death is an old one: Italian poet and writer Giacomo Leopardi wrote in 1824 the “Dialogo della Moda e della Morte”, a short dialogue in which Fashion and Death are portrayed as sisters, born of … Continue reading →

Over 20 years ago, an exhibition in London renewed interest in the work of Mariano Fortuny. The painter, photographer, designer of fabrics and clothes, theatrical scenery and stage lighting was born in 1871 in Granada. While he lived in Spain … Continue reading →

Music and fashion are often linked together: artists and bands seem to be able to launch successful trends that are soon adopted by fans and ordinary people alike and that, at times, even manage to inspire fashion designers. Think Amy … Continue reading →