Monthly Archives: May 2012

There are hundreds of annoying things happening every season on and off the contemporary fashion runways, one of the most annoying remains seeing extremely young models – in maybe nice, yet definitely not new designs – walking with empty and … Continue reading →

A few weeks ago, an Irenebrination post was linked to a short piece written by Bruce Sterling on The Wired. In the article Sterling wrote about the New Aesthetic concept (launched around a year ago by James Bridle and currently … Continue reading →

Decades ago fashion houses such as Missoni challenged the notion that fashion and interior design were separate enterprises with very different material aesthetic traditions. In the last few years some contemporary fashion houses re-launched  collaborations with furniture manufacturers or producers … Continue reading →

I'm republishing today an interview I recently did for Zoot Magazine with architect Mehrnoosh Khadivi who designed the first Nicholas Kirkwood store in New York.  British designer Nicholas Kirkwood is famous among the shoe-loving fashionistas for his quirky and vertiginous … Continue reading →

In yesterday’s post I mentioned fashion illustrator and set/costume designer Lila de Nobili and, since this year it’s the tenth anniversary of her death, let’s rediscover her work in this post. Born in Lugano in 1916 from an Italian father … Continue reading →

Specific decades in the history of fashion produced extremely talented illustrators, artists such as Paul Iribe, George Barbier, Georges Lepape, Thayaht, Christian Bérard, René Gruau or Lila De Nobili who recreated their personal interpretations of iconic garments from the 20th … Continue reading →

I'm republishing today a longer version of an interview I recently did for Dazed Digital with photographer Nicol Vizioli.    Caravaggio imbued his paintings with an appealing poetic reality using contrasts of shade and light. Photographer Nicol Vizioli somehow manages … Continue reading →

Type the words “American Dream” in a search engine and you will get millions of results, from essays trying to trace the origins of the term to articles that link this definition not just with cultural, political or sport achievements … Continue reading →

I’m republishing today an interview with Freedom Of Creation's founder Janne Kyttänen. I recently did this feature for online publication Zoot Magazine. In the last few years three-dimensional technology has offered designers, film-makers, photographers and creatives all over the world … Continue reading →

Every day we marvel and rejoyce at the new technological advances that make our lives easier. Yet there are those who, at the same time, mourn the death of craftsmanship claming that technology is killing more traditional forms of creativity. … Continue reading →