Monthly Archives: January 2010

Catwalk and trade shows can honestly be a stressful business: while overdosing on clothes and accessories you easily lose the perception of what simple words such as “reality” or “humanity” actually mean. In our fast world in which images of … Continue reading →

Having been busy with trade and catwalk shows doesn't mean I haven't been following what happened in Haiti. Irenebrination stopped to ponder about life when last year's earthquake destroyed L'Aquila and, though this time the blog didn't stop for Haiti, … Continue reading →

I developed a strange obsession with pattern cutting when I was a young girl. In the late 70s/early 80s it was still very popular in Italy for women to make their own clothes and my aunt used to buy quite … Continue reading →

One of the most interesting designers I saw at the Pitti trade show was Xavier Brisoux. He had a small stand in the Dogana section of the trade show, but his work really stood out and struck me. I particularly … Continue reading →

The Press Conference My dream as a teenager was becoming a music journalist. So, when I first started writing, I began doing a lot of interviews with bands and musicians and I also used to write review of live gigs. … Continue reading →

If you regularly follow this blog you probably already know Elia Maurizi’s work. Indeed, a  while back I posted on the blog an interview with him. I met Elia again at Pitti where he introduced me to a nice project … Continue reading →

I do love hats so it’s always a pleasure looking around at the new headgear trends during trade shows. It's easy to pretend I am Lucien out of Honoré de Balzac’s Lost Illusions walking around the Wooden Galleries and admiring … Continue reading →

There is nothing worse than seeing people having a great time and not being able to join in or being invited to a party and being left in a corner while the rest of the guests are having fun. This … Continue reading →

I've always been fascinated by kimonos: one of my favourite fashion moments is indeed the boom in Oriental fashion in the early 1900s. Kimonos were already popular in France at the end of the 19th century, but they were mainly … Continue reading →

I'm usually rather wordy, but, at the moment, I do not have the time/energy to write much since I have been (literally) running after a few people during the Pitti trade show (more about it later…), so you will have … Continue reading →