Monthly Archives: December 2010

The Fashionary sketchbook appeared in a previous post on this blog a while back. The second edition of the Fashionary is currently out and there is also a menswear version available at the moment, so I’m reprinting today an interview … Continue reading →

In the first episode of Jean Cocteau’s Le sang d’un poète (The Blood of a Poet, 1930), entitled “The Wounded Hand or The Scars of a Poet”, an isolated artist creates art from his own wound. Soon after the film … Continue reading →

Pantone recently unveiled its colour for 2011, a reddish pink called “Honeysuckle” (code number: 18-2120). This vibrant and uplifting nuance, accompanied by the slogan “a brave new colour, for a brave new world”, is supposed to lift our spirits, ward … Continue reading →

This post is directly linked with the previous one since it focuses on shoemaker Alberto Dal Co’, who was also the uncle of the Fontana Sisters (he was their mother Amabile’s brother). Born in Traversetolo in 1902, as a very … Continue reading →

I love visiting archives and libraries, yet, in the last few days, things have been rather difficult for too many reasons. My trip to Rome for a research project that I’m currently following (more about it next year) coincided with … Continue reading →

I’m always on the lookout for original jewellery as I feel that a striking accessory can often revamp even an old outfit. For quite a while I tried to find pieces from Thai designer Nutre Arayavanish's previous "Postable Jewellery" collection.  … Continue reading →

The work of artist Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) displays some interesting connections with fashion. There are actually quite a few works by this artist exhibited at London’s Tate Modern. One large room on the first floor is entirely dedicated to him … Continue reading →

Identity is a vital theme connected with fashion. It’s indeed through our clothes and accessories that we shape our persona and communicate to other people the way we feel or the way we want to be perceived. A recently opened … Continue reading →

Funny how sometimes when your mind is taken by a specific research or inspiration, the entire world seems to be tuned on the same wavelength. I recently resumed a personal research on Space Age fashion, while my mind was still … Continue reading →

The Fashion in Film Festival closes today at the BFI Southbank with two screenings of La Revue des Revues (1927) directed by Joë Francis and Alex Nalpas (3.30 p.m.) and Secrets of the East (Geheimnisse des Orients/ Shéhérazade, 1928) directed … Continue reading →