Monthly Archives: March 2009

It’s always annoying to discover that a particular inspiration for a new collection wasn’t actually so well-researched as a designer might have wanted us to believe. Remember D&G’s A/W 09 opera inspired collection? Well, you would think that someone using … Continue reading →

The Milanese trend that started earlier on today continues now with this second post about a volume on the Teatro alla Scala that I  found at the weekend in a second hand bookshop. The volume is entitled "The Portraits of … Continue reading →

It’s always hard to go back to your usual routine after spending some time doing a long research or a round of interviews, but I’ll try to do it all the same as I need to catch up a bit … Continue reading →

There's been a bit of a fashion overdose on this blog in the last few weeks. So for today I'd like to focus on something that deeply contrasts with fashion, death. Well, I actually debated the fashion and death relationship … Continue reading →

One of the most interesting presentations that took place during Milan Fashion Week was a collaboration – showcased at the White Club – between Sandra Backlund and historical knitwear company Maglificio Miles. I dedicated a couple of posts in the … Continue reading →

As a child I used to be fascinated by the cotton reels in haberdashery shops. I loved the way they usually covered entire walls and how they were divided in different shades of colour, one merging into the other. I … Continue reading →

Located in the North-East of Italy, at just one hour away from Venice, Vicenza has been since the 1800s one of the main and most important textile and knitwear districts in the whole country. There are roughly 1,300 factories, both … Continue reading →

While searching for a lost document on my computer I found this image of an old fashion photo shoot moodboard I had forgotten about. I did it a long time ago for a magazine I used to collaborate with that … Continue reading →

Superficially looking at Marc Jacobs’ A/W 09 collection for Louis Vuitton you couldn’t help thinking about the 80s references that appeared throughout his most recent collection at New York Fashion Week. Yet this time "the decade that fashion forgot" wasn’t … Continue reading →

Staying true to your original inspirations can be hard, but it can even be harder trying to prove you can be avant-garde and saleable at the same time. These must have been the dilemmas on Hussein Chalayan's mind while he … Continue reading →