Monthly Archives: July 2011

I’m republishing today an interview with Iris Van Herpen I recently did for Zoot Magazine about the designer’s Haute Couture collection presented last week in Paris. Throughout the years Dutch designer Iris Van Herpen has built up a successful professional … Continue reading →

While this post is a follow up to the previous one about Chanel, it also moves from some of the pieces showcased at the “Inspiration and Vision” exhibition currently on at the Salvatore Ferragamo Museum. Among the pieces exhibited at … Continue reading →

At times fashion collections display strong connections with the costumes of specific films. In other cases, designers may drop titles of films mentioning them as inspirations, though their collections may in the end show remote links with particular costumes and … Continue reading →

I genuinely thought that Miuccia Prada’s passion for stylishly ripping off stuff was limited to clothes, but I must admit I was wrong. Described as “feminine and excessive” to WWD by José Manuel Albesa, chief brand officer of Prada's scent … Continue reading →

There is currently a new exhibition on about Hussein Chalayn at Paris’ Musée des Arts Décoratifs, accompanied by a new book featuring over 200 colour illustrations that examines the designer’s fashion and creative works. The volume, entitled Hussein Chalayn by … Continue reading →

The main inspiration for Armani Privé’s Autumn/Winter 2011-12 collection – a tribute to Japan, the country struck in March by the earthquake, tsunami and consequent nuclear emergency – could have somehow been foreseen in April. During Milan’s Salone del Mobile, … Continue reading →

It still hasn't taken place but the Internet is already chock-a-block with posts about Natalia Vodianova’s White Fairy Tale Love Ball, the fundraiser for her Naked Heart Foundation taking place tonight at Valentino’s Chateau Wideville. Forty-five special gowns were created … Continue reading →

I'm republishing today an interview with Super Fertile's Creative Director Kali Arulpragasam that I recently did for Zoot Magazine. It is always a pleasure for me to exchange opinions with Kali since she is a strong and outspoken woman with … Continue reading →

A friend of mine who is currently working on a dissertation about the Memphis-Milano movement read the previous post that mentioned it as a reference for Dior's Autumn/Winter 2011-12 Haute Couture collection and asked me if I could provide some … Continue reading →

In previous posts on this site I attempted to make connections between fashion and architecture by exploring the collections of specific fashion designers who carried out in the last few years interesting experiments to bridge the two disciplines or by … Continue reading →