Monthly Archives: February 2009

The Internet has definitely helped a lot of young and talented designers out there getting noticed. Having your own site is a great idea, but joining interesting sites such as free global business directory Not Just A Label (NJAL) can … Continue reading →

There has been something that has deeply annoyed me about these first days of New York Fashion Week and that's the lack of anything extremely striking, original or bearing some connections with the world of art. This is why I … Continue reading →

There's one thing I consistently hate in my life: people who don't listen. It often happened to me that I submitted articles to newspapers/magazines or interviews with artists/bands/musicians or presented a creative project to bodies/organisations who were supposed to fund … Continue reading →

There is something I can't honestly stand: clothes for grown-ups that look like school uniforms. I find them unnervingly pretentious, childish and generally too tamed for my tastes. Yet even the designs that evoked the most school uniforms and such … Continue reading →

So far so safe and slightly so boring at New York Fashion Week. No new ideas seemed to come out of the majority of the collections, and it looks like being cautious with money also equals being cautious with creativity.  … Continue reading →

In an article published in the fashion magazine Bellezza in 1957 and entitled "Viaggi ben organizzati e guardaroba internazionali" (Well-Organised Journeys and International Wardrobes), Italian journalist Irene Brin focused on how particular haute couture creations could be worn in different … Continue reading →

I thought we were living in a state of perennial financial crisis, but I was obviously wrong, there is also a general lack of ideas and taste and an embarrassing superficiality. I have surfed the Internet, opened magazines and papers … Continue reading →

Fashion experts know very well Alice Hawkins’ name and will remember her work being featured in various magazines. Yet even people who are not insiders in the fashion industry or who are not good at remembering names, will recognise Hawkins’ … Continue reading →

New York Fashion Week kicks off this week, but the casualties of the fashion industry are already being counted. Catwalks will be drastically reduced and many designers opted or will be opting for website shows, videos, installations and fashion presentations. … Continue reading →

Fashion weeks and other assorted things that have been on my mind recently have taken quite a lot of space on this blog in the last few days, so I have neglected for a long time writing about one of … Continue reading →