Monthly Archives: November 2010

In the last few posts about butterflies and serpentine dances I mentioned early films coloured using the hand-stencilling technique. The use of colours, their symbolism and meaning in art, film and fashion always fascinated me and, every time I visit … Continue reading →

My mind is very much taken at the moment by the use of the stencilling technique in early films, so today’s post continues the butterfly thread that started on Saturday. That post mainly focused on serpentine and butterfly dances, yet … Continue reading →

Today’s post is directly connected with Thursday’s since it features two clips from films with Lyda Borelli. The first clip is taken from Carmine Gallone’s La falena (literally, The moth, 1916, a title that also calls to mind yesterday's butterfly … Continue reading →

Dance fans definitely remember Loïe Fuller, even though dance experts often consider her performances as exotic gimmicks. Born in 1862, Fuller was indeed a theatre actress and worked in burlesque and vaudeville shows. She is mainly remembered as the creator … Continue reading →

This post is a follow-up to yesterday's and focuses on the film I will introduce next week at the Barbican during the 3rd Fashion in Film Festival. I would like to dedicate this post to all my friends developing projects … Continue reading →

The 3rd Fashion in Film Festival opens next week in London (more about it in the next few days), so, to celebrate it, I will try to mainly focus on film and fashion in the next posts.   Since I will … Continue reading →

It may be difficult to talk about hosiery, art and architecture in the same post. Yet, luckily, there is an Italian designer who managed to produce hosiery moving from very artistic inspirations, Emilio Cavallini. Born in San Miniato in 1945, … Continue reading →

A while back I did a post on fashion designers who created during the 1900s,  costumes for the theatre, ballet and opera. There have been a few contemporary designers – among them Iris van Herpen who recently did the costumes … Continue reading →

When we see a beautiful design characterised by striking prints we almost give it for granted, maybe praising the designer who created it, but rarely wondering which textile company worked on the fabric employed. A recently opened exhibition at the … Continue reading →

I’m growing more and more disillusioned with the fashion industry. If the world had come to its sad end last week, many players in the fashion industry would have never realised it since they were too busy raving and ranting … Continue reading →