Monthly Archives: June 2009

Departing and arriving are the two main “activities” you can carry out at airports. So in a way it’s highly symbolic that, after four years in Barcelona, Bread & Butter, the well known international specialist trade fair for street and … Continue reading →

Music festivals are globally considered as the epitome of summer coolness, the perfect places where you can have fun, unwind and show off your summer wardrobe. Yet, for quite a few years now, film festivals have been stealing the scene … Continue reading →

We all have materials lying around the house, from scraps of fabric and ribbons to maybe rather different materials that don’t have many connections with the world of fashion. I have had coloured pencils lying in a drawer for years … Continue reading →

I often take pictures of unusual objects I may see that I particularly like or save scraps of materials and images of patterns that capture my attention and imagination since I always think that one day they may become useful. … Continue reading →

The history of underwear can be truly fascinating. I heard some of my favourite stories about underwear from my mum and aunts who told me that many people would sew pants out of the most disparate scraps of fabrics during … Continue reading →

Remember how Gradisca in Federico Fellini's Amarcord stopped in front of the Fulgor Cinema (recreated in Cinecittà – spot it in the trailer at the end of this post) and, faking a posh accent asked the owner, "When is the … Continue reading →

A while back fashion and interior designer Maurizio Galante and designer Tal Lancman collaborated together in a workshop at the Domaine de Boisbuchet, a country estate in the Southwest of France, developing a programme that allowed the participants to research … Continue reading →

Fashion writers and historians may be familiar with the name Alexandra Palmer. The University of Toronto lecturer is also the Nora E. Vaughan Fashion Costume Curator in the Textile and Costume Section at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Toronto, and … Continue reading →

I’m not sure if Yves Saint Laurent fans have been rejoicing and celebrating in the last few days, but YSL’s designer Stefano Pilati unveiled today the limited capsule collection entitled “New Vintage”. The special thing about it is that it … Continue reading →

You may have heard it by now as the news have been all over the Internet for a while: yes, Liam Gallagher has launched a fashion line, Pretty Green. When I first heard about it I honestly shivered: could Gallagher, … Continue reading →