Monthly Archives: September 2010

So Milan Fashion Week (more about it in the next few days…hopefully) defied all expectations. Many journalists thought they were going to take part in a funeral, but they actually ended up at a surprise party in full swing. Most … Continue reading →

Some of the most fascinating works by Italian artist Alberto Burri are his Combustioni (Combustions). Burri started experimenting with this technique in the mid-50s, leaving burning marks onto sacking, wood, plastic, metal and iron.   From the 60s on, plastic turned … Continue reading →

Fashion is – and in this I definitely agree with Roland Barthes – a language. Like the French theorist, critic and semiotician I also think that fashion is an image for literature. We live in a world that, constantly bombarding … Continue reading →

Take this post as a much-needed break from the relentless fashion week reviews (I guess we all desperately need a pause…). A while back, while on a research on early adverts appearing in fashion magazines from the 50s-60s, I found … Continue reading →

Looking at the designs on Moschino’s runway it felt like the 80s had never passed and the late Franco was still with us. Rossella Jardini decided to continue the trend she started with the Autumn/Winter 2010 collection that mainly consisted … Continue reading →

I used to be very cheerful, bubbly and chatty when I was younger. Then I grew up, minor and major tragedies tried to disrupt my mental sanity and I met some unbelievably duplicitous people – mainly in Italy and working … Continue reading →

The late Gianni Versace carved a name for himself in the history of fashion with designs that often seemed to find inspiration and muses in the demimonde of streetwalkers. It is therefore difficult to think about a fashion house that … Continue reading →

Fashion weeks can be dehumanising affairs during which nothing has a proper meaning anymore, not even apocalypse or death. Everything seems to be replaced by the repetitive acts of watching piles of clothes and accessories showcased by more or less … Continue reading →

A fashion designer usually realises if he or she has done something right when, at the end of a catwalk show, prominent journalists are spotted rushing towards the exit to go and write their reports. It is indeed the excitement … Continue reading →

A couple of days ago Pitti Immagine announced the Trussardi Group as the special guest of the next edition of Pitti Uomo (11-14 January 2011, Florence, Italy). Apparently the decision fell on Trussardi since next year the group is celebrating … Continue reading →