Monthly Archives: January 2011

I'm republishing today an interview I did for Dazed Digital with Angela Missoni about the new Spring /Summer 2011 campaign shot at London's Museum of Everything. Sir Peter Blake will forever be tied to the iconic cover of The Beatles’ … Continue reading →

Many of us remember with fear and fascination the subterranean story of the fictional Morlocks, the underground ape-like creatures who accessed the surface world through a series of well structures in H. G. Wells’ The Time Machine. Though based underground, … Continue reading →

So far Irenebrination featured quite a few interviews with fashion designers. But today I’m going to leave you with two special guests, Milo Bandini and Irma Vivaldi from the (bilingual – Italian/English) Paddock blog. I have been following the work … Continue reading →

The word Borsalino instantly conjures up images of Humphrey Bogart, Al Capone, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alain Delon, Ernest Hemingway and Winston Churchill in elegantly distinctive hats. The historical hat manufacturer founded by Giuseppe Borsalino in 1857 in Alessandria produced indeed legendary … Continue reading →

As a break from Haute Couture Week, I’m republishing today an interview I recently did for Zoot Magazine with Matthew Cunnington & John Sanderson. The designers play in their latest collection with different dimensions and layers, creating through optical illusions … Continue reading →

Apart from proving of being miraculously resistant to the crisis, season after season Haute Couture also proved it is the most resistant section of the fashion industry when it comes to adopting extreme sci-fi trends. The reason behind this stubborn … Continue reading →

Throughout the decades we have seen it all on the Parisian runways during Haute Couture Week: dramatic settings, colourful gardens of delights, a magic phantasmagoria of beauty combining fashion with art and cinematic inspirations. Yet, in the last few years, … Continue reading →

I’m republishing today an interview I recently did for Zoot Magazine with Angela Missoni in which the designer talks about her Autumn/Winter menswear collection and her passion for reinventing the staples of a man’s wardrobe. When Ottavio and Rosita Missoni … Continue reading →

It’s funny how before Darren Aronovsky’s Black Swan and its “iconic” Rodarte costumes (read: feathery tutus…), there weren’t many people in the fashion industry who were into ballet. In fact, asking your fashionista friends if they wanted to come to … Continue reading →

The West may be scared of China’s turbo-growth and Chinese consumers’ appeal for luxury brands. Yet, rather than fighting the dragon, Italian fashion giant Prada is chasing it. Last Saturday  night, just five days after its menswear fashion show in … Continue reading →