Monthly Archives: December 2010

Magazines and sites always dedicate ample space to (often rather ridiculous…) Christmas and New Year’s Eve looks. Rather than suggesting you what to wear tonight, I’d like to close this year with a 1963 sketch by Italian illustrator Brunetta showing … Continue reading →

It’s somehow inevitable at the end of every year to sit down and take stock, pondering a bit about what you and the rest of the world went through in the last 365 days. The happiest and saddest moments are … Continue reading →

I'm republishing today an interview with Dutch fashion designer Antoine Peters that I recently did for Dazed Digital. The interview focuses on Peters' interior design project with Quinze & Milan x Eastpak. Since he graduated from the Arnhem Academy of … Continue reading →

As announced in yesterday’s post I will focus today on a few contemporary looks that display some connections with the costumes appearing in Primo Zeglio's…4 …3 …2 …1 …morte (Mission Stardust, 1967). This post will probably be the last exploration … Continue reading →

If you are a film fan you’ve probably been spending the last few days relaxing at home and watching movies. If you are a fashion designer and you are somehow panicking about inspirations for future collections, I would suggest you … Continue reading →

I don't think I should be complaining if, after numerous posts on Space Age fashion and inspirations (erm, there will probably be another one before the year ends…), praising futuristic metal wear and pointing out  comparisons between current collections and … Continue reading →

Wishing a Merry Christmas to all my family, friends, regular readers and supporters, colleagues and researchers, fashion design students who got in touch to chat with me about their projects, dreams and ideas, and to all the people who stumbled … Continue reading →

Throughout the decades many designers employed in their collections inspirations borrowed from art and history. The late Gianni Versace was for example a fan of four main periods of time, classicism, Byzantium, the 18th century and the 1920s-‘30s. In his … Continue reading →

A few weeks ago French channel Stylia celebrated Vogue Paris’ 90th anniversary broadcasting a 56-minute documentary entitled "Les années Vogue" (directed by the mighty Loïc Prigent) that featured stories and footage from the making of the most spectacular numbers in … Continue reading →

“Even when we are not making movies, the films and stories of our lives are writing themselves, recording a period where we choose not to compromise on the cinema that we believe in or make propagandist movies or easy blockbusters,” … Continue reading →