Monthly Archives: March 2012

I'm republishing today a feature about Japanese label Facetasm that I recently did for another publication. Facetasm, the name of Hiromichi Ochiai’s men and women’s wear brand, originates in the French language: it comes indeed from the word “facet”, indicating … Continue reading →

I'm closing today the Academy of Art University special (that started on Tuesday and) that I did for Zoot Magazine, republishing an interview with Jeanette Au.  Jeanette Au grew up in New York City as a second generation Chinese-American and … Continue reading →

I'm continuing the thread that I started in yesterday's post, republishing interviews that I recently did for Zoot Magazine with some of the graduates of San Francisco’s Academy of Art University. Today it's Farida Khan's turn. Born in Pakistan and currently … Continue reading →

From today until Friday I will be republishing interviews with some of the San Francisco’s Academy of Art University graduates (Wu Di, Farida Khan and Jeanette Au). I recently did these interviews for Zoot Magazine. Graduate shows have turned into … Continue reading →

It is very rare to come across a fashion designer’s biography or a book about a specific fashion designer not peppered with pretentious and irritating parts or written in a rather snobbish style. In a world that has propelled the … Continue reading →

I must admit that, when a few days ago I heard this piece of news, I thought it was a joke of some sort, and was somehow also surprised that no fashion publication wrote about this story (even though they … Continue reading →

A quick post to say thanks to all the readers who followed the One Collar A Day, One Story A Day project that closed with yesterday's post. As stated in the first post about the project, I do hate throwing … Continue reading →

The collar project that started on Monday closes today. In yesterday's post we left the protagonist of my story in the middle of the 1944 Vesuvius eruption so let's move from there.  As soon as shades of lapis lazuli blue … Continue reading →

The collar project that started on Monday continues today. In yesterday's post we left the protagonist of my story in the middle of the 1944 Vesuvius eruption so let's move from there.   …Smoke rises from the crater extending for miles, … Continue reading →

The collar project that started on Monday continues today. Please check out yesterday's post to see where we left the protagonist of my story. A tremendous earsplitting roaring noise shakes her out of her erotic reverie. She’s suddenly enveloped by … Continue reading →