Monthly Archives: April 2009

Spring brings with it warm weather and beautiful blossoming flowers, but many fear it as it also brings painful sinus infections. If, like me, you are among those unfortunate ones prone to acute or chronic sinusitis and allergic rhinitis, you … Continue reading →

I always had an aversion for vapid and silly celebrities, even as a young girl. I would file them in my mind under the “useless” category and basically pretended they didn't exist. My personal heroes weren’t indeed the ones who … Continue reading →

The connection between theatre and fashion was already strong in the 1800s when the figure of the couturier was officially established. Actresses were the real icons of style at the time, and magazines strengthened the theatre/fashion connection in the following … Continue reading →

I was recently asked to write a piece for Zoot Mag on Shiseido’s Perfect Rouge, a new lipstick created by the renowned British-born make-up artist and Shiseido Make-up Artistic Director Dick Page, in celebration of the first lipstick launched 80 … Continue reading →

When I was a teenager the Kipling brand was quite popular in Italy. Its bags were practical, functional and above all affordable and young girls used to collect the little monkey key rings that came with them. The Antwerp-based brand … Continue reading →

As you might already have read on the Internet, flamboyant milliner Louis Mariette is going to make his debut  on season 5 of Britain's Next Top Model tomorrow on Living TV. Louis – to whom I dedicated a previous post … Continue reading →

French sociologist Roland Barthes wrote extensively about fashion and, in one of his essays, he applied Ferdinand de Saussure’ semiology to clothes, equating the linguist’s distinction between “langue” and “parole” respectively to dress and to the act of getting dressed. … Continue reading →

Whoever thought “the Caledonian queen of cling” Pam Hogg had left the world of fashion was terribly wrong. After launching her latest collection at On|Off during London Fashion Week, Hogg has recently announced on a brand new site that she … Continue reading →

I developed a button addiction as a young girl. My aunt had (and actually still has…) a metal box in which she kept random buttons, some of them were mementos from old clothes that had been thrown away, others were … Continue reading →

Here's something to look foward to: Anna Ceccon's presentation of her label's Moi Multiple new collection.  The presentation will take place in Milan tomorrow afternoon and will feature theatrical performances and even an exhibition of drawings by artist Anna Resmini. … Continue reading →