Monthly Archives: January 2010

Last Friday night celebrities and fashion designers gathered together in Stockholm to take part in the annual (Swedish) Elle magazine's Galan. Designer Sandra Backlund – pictured here at the Galan in one of her designs, a black dress characterised by … Continue reading →

During the recent Pitti Uomo event in Florence I met Italian journalist and photographer Arianna "Ariko" Mereu, a collaborator of fashion site Design Catwalk and of fashion trend forecasting service Mpdclick.  While chatting, we discovered we had more in common … Continue reading →

Ilaria Venturini Fendi was born into a family that, for generations, has been creating fashion. Daughter of Anna, one the five sisters heading the historical Fendi fashion house, and previous artistic director of the “Fendissime” line, a few years ago … Continue reading →

Not being ready to abandon yet the architecture thread that started a couple of days ago, I’ll continue it today by focusing on Alexander McQueen’s Autumn/Winter 2010 menswear collection. I still haven’t had time to put any order into my … Continue reading →

Despite there is still a lot to say about the latest haute couture shows, I'd like to stop for a while and continue yesterday’s architectural thread. If you’re into architecture and design and happen to be in Stockholm, don’t miss … Continue reading →

I always find exciting writing about Stéphane Rolland’s haute couture collections because they usually allow you to touch upon interesting topics such as art and architecture, themes that often appear on this blog in connection with fashion. For the Spring/Summer … Continue reading →

What is left of Haute Couture in the current financial climate and in the contemporary global society? Some may say nothing or almost nothing, especially after the sad end of Christian Lacroix. Drastically reduced to just a few days, Paris … Continue reading →

When I took this picture of the Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair shop in Stockholm's Mäster Samuelsgatan 2, the store seemed to be in need of some awning repair due to damages probably caused by the weather. That said it wasn't … Continue reading →

One of the things I've done a lot while walking around Stockholm's Gamla Stan was stopping to have a look at the antiquarian shops scattered around the meandering streets of the Old Town. I have a strange fascination with such … Continue reading →

As you may have read from a previous post on this blog, I don't really like any edition of fashion magazine Grazia.  Yet while in Florence I was unexpectedly reminded of the best side of it first through a cabinet … Continue reading →