Monthly Archives: February 2014

It is becoming extremely difficult to find genuinely innovative collections among the ones from the Autumn/Winter 2014-15 season. They may be more or less coherent, cohesive, interesting from the point of view of surface elaborations and embellishments, eye-catching palette or … Continue reading →

This is embarrassing. This is actually terribly embarrassing. And the culprit will have to step forward soon. There were times when most of us thought famous fashion designers only pretended they hated each other, but in reality they would go … Continue reading →

Band of Outsiders' Scott Sternberg stated that the Autumn/Winter 2014 collection moved from inspiring figures such as Lee Miller, Man Ray, and Elsa Schiaparelli (no, not again Schiap, spare us…). You could actually see hints at Miller in some of … Continue reading →

Prada's designs may be dubbed as "ugly chic", but, given the adverse weather conditions in New York and the emphasis on outerwear designed to keep the wearer warm, Alexander Wang's collection was re-christened  "survival chic". The hottest ticket in New … Continue reading →

Part of the California Clay Movement together with Kenneth Price, Robert Arneson and John Mason, Ron Nagle was first inspired in his work by Giorgio Morandi's still lives. Starting from basic forms such as Morandi's cup and snuff bottle, Nagle … Continue reading →

According to Texas-based Global Language Monitor, a company that documents and tracks trends in language usage worldwide, New York is currently "The Fashion Capital Of The World". The company got to this conclusion after analysing thousands of online sources, but, … Continue reading →

Collective exhibitions can be at times too vast and confusing to really allow visitors to appreciate each and every artist involved. But this will not be the case with "Avec Motifs Apparents" at Le Centrequatre, Paris. This collective event will … Continue reading →

"Write about what you know" is the main advice aspiring writers receive. Maybe fashion designers should be told the same thing more often: in recent years the search for unique inspirations and the will to prove themselves as knowledgeable in … Continue reading →

It can be slightly disheartening (or maybe just extremely funny) for a fashion designer who has been working on a collection for a few months, ending up unintentionally producing a series of designs that, for its prints and colours, may … Continue reading →

As a follow up to the previous post and for the Sunday comparison column, let's quickly look today at two jackets, one from Schiaparelli's Spring/Summer 2014 collection and one from Gianfranco Ferré's Autumn/Winter 2000 collection. Schiap's collection featured, as you may … Continue reading →