Monthly Archives: May 2009

Sunglasses may be a staple fashion accessory for tourists visiting Rome in the spring-summer season. Yet those ones who are planning to spend a few days in the Italian capital this summer and maybe visit the Bulgari exhibition at the … Continue reading →

If you are a fan of vintage fashion and you plan to pass through Florence for "Pitti W_Woman Precollection" or for "Pitti Filati", try not to miss the local vintage events, some of them organised in collaboration with Angelo Caroli, … Continue reading →

A few days ago The Guardian dedicated a photo gallery to a few films that will be released soon or will be out later on this year that have some connections with the world of fashion. When the gallery was … Continue reading →

If you are in Venice or are planning to visit the place, don't forget to have a look at Marina and Susanna Sent's shops. The two sisters hail from Murano and have created in the last few years refreshingly new … Continue reading →

Fashionistas who are into French couturiers will remember how Marcel Rochas first launched his fashion house in 1925, becoming well-known when eight women who went to a party found themselves wearing the same dress. Working with a great passion for … Continue reading →

I have already explored the world of architectural shoes in a previous post last year, but it looks like further experiments and collaborations between fashion companies and architects require at least another post.  It was recently announced that the Lacoste … Continue reading →

Bernhard Willhelm’s men and womenswear collections have always been characterised by what could only be described as “outrageous playfulness”, an oxymoronic definition for a designer that favours colours, chaos and dark irony. Take Willhelm’s Autumn/Winter 2009-10 menswear collection presented at … Continue reading →

It's always a pleasure to get an email from Sandra Backlund since it usually contains new images of her latest designs. A couple of days ago Sandra sent me the pics from her new collection entitled "Control-C". The collection features … Continue reading →

There’s one thing that has always fascinated me about the Art Deco period and that’s the clear language of the forms this movement breathed into interior design objects, architecture and jewellery. I’m particularly fond of jewellery designer Jacob Bengel who … Continue reading →

My temporary neglect of this blog wasn’t due to laziness, but to a combination of tendinitis due to typing, flu and hectic working schedule. Time to catch up now, so let’s start with a brief video featuring Carmina Campus’ Ilaria … Continue reading →