Monthly Archives: February 2013

The Academy of Art University thread that started on Tuesday continues today with a trio of students who relied on each other's skills to deliver a well-rounded and coherent collection. Creating a fashion collection is no mean feat as you have to … Continue reading →

Let's continue today the Academy of Art University thread that started yesterday by looking at another student, Yuming Weng. People familiar with the works of New Zealand illustrator Henrietta Harris will know that her paintings often feature ripples of distortions, as … Continue reading →

  From today Irenebrination will publish a series of Q&As with the San Francisco's Academy of Arts University students who showcased their collections during the latest New York Fashion Week. Enjoy! New York Fashion Week is usually packed with unmissable appointments for … Continue reading →

As a follow-up to yesterday's post, I'm republishing today a feature I did about Prada's 100th anniversary for Russian magazine Look At Me (with many thanks to Fashion Editor Lisa Kologreeva for allowing me to republish it in English on this … Continue reading →

In Glauco Pellegrini's 1956 film Una pelliccia di visone (A Mink Coat) Gabriella and Franco make plans about buying a small flat in the newly developed suburbs of Rome. The plans of the young working class couple seem to be destined … Continue reading →

It's pretty funny how sometimes specific fashion moods from the past come back on contemporary runways. For example, during London Fashion Week, Ashish Gupta seemed to be making a reference to an André Courrèges's catwalk show.    Gupta moved in his … Continue reading →

Let's face it: a programme made to create animation and modelling for 3D printing such as open source Blender can easily turn into a very addictive tool. If you've ever tried playing around with one of such programmes, you know … Continue reading →

Somehow they should have seen it coming. Roughly three months ago Greenpeace published an in-depth research entitled "Toxic Threads: The Big Fashion Stitch-Up" about the impact toxic chemicals employed in the textile industry are having on our planet and health. … Continue reading →

Once upon a time in a century far away, the fashion industry was generally aimed at two things: producing garments and accessories and doing so according to very high standards. There was also another purpose: selling a fashion collection and … Continue reading →

If you work in a creative industry, finding your inspiration and developing it in a coherent way can be a tricky affair. Fashion designers for example often end up in the trap of translating a specific inspiration in a very literal … Continue reading →