Monthly Archives: October 2008

If, while you’re reading this post you happen to be in Venice, you might have already noticed all over the town the posters of the exhibition “George Barbier – La nascita del Déco” (George Barbier – The Birth of Art … Continue reading →

If you hate Halloween, but you fancy going out tomorrow and you happen to be in London, don’t miss the event “Beyond Espionage: Fashion under Socialism” at the Victoria & Albert Museum. The event – curated by Renate Stauss, lecturer … Continue reading →

In the last few weeks I have neglected the "art" aspect of this blog a bit and haven’t therefore featured a lot of posts on exhibitions about art and fashion. With yesterday’s post, though, I have re-launched the theme, and … Continue reading →

One of my favourite Latin odes is the one by Horace in which the poet declares he has erected a monument that will last longer than bronze and than the pyramids ("Exegi monumentum aere perennius"). The monument Horace referred to … Continue reading →

Maybe it was all Berlusconi’s fault. The Prime Minister has indeed got Italians used to the fact that if you say anything against him, you are automatically sued/dragged to court in a defamation case or fired from your job. Many … Continue reading →

One of my personal childhood obsessions was making accessories with coloured plastic beads. I could spend hours working on them and I was always asking my mum or my aunts to buy me more beads and materials to keep on … Continue reading →

I developed a very personal obsession with sealing wax when I was a young child and my grandfather used it sometimes to seal letters. I was absolutely fascinated by the smooth sticks of red wax, by the fact that they … Continue reading →

The first garment I actually touched that was entirely made of hair was a cropped top with thick braids creating a sort of twisted motif on the front and around the sleeves from Sandra Backlund’s “Body, Skin and Hair” (2004) … Continue reading →

In the next few posts (I’m planning three) I will try to focus on a few materials that always fascinated me. The first one on my list is metal mesh. When I was at school I could spend hours looking … Continue reading →

Venice has undoubtedly many faces: art and history books focus on the city’s grandeur; TV programmes often emphasise the most colourful aspects of this magic place with shots of the Carnival celebrations in St Mark’s Square, the bridges and the … Continue reading →