Monthly Archives: March 2014

As you may have already noticed, fairy tales are currently in. Fables and tales pervade for example Issue 4 of C(arine)R(oitfeld) Fashion Book. According to Roitfeld this theme should let us all reminisce about the beautiful times we had in … Continue reading →

You're warned: Pier Paolo Pasolini may be fashionable again by 2015. In many ways, we should have seen it coming: images of Maria Callas in Pier Paolo Pasolini's Medea reappeared on the mood board of Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo … Continue reading →

Picture this: you're sitting in a cinema theatre watching Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel and, rather than being intrigued by its plot revolving around the bizarre vicissitudes of a hotel concierge, or being mesmerised by the star studded cast, … Continue reading →

The Victoria & Albert Museum is getting ready to launch a new exhibition in April. Entitled "The Glamour of Italian Fashion 1945 – 2014", the event focuses on the birth of "Made in Italy" fashion starting from Giovan Battista "Bista" … Continue reading →

Fashion shows get more complicated season after season: so far, we have seen arty props, visual installations, ballet dancers, singers, musicians and orchestras. To be honest, even the best choreographed moments have started to become a bit too distracting to … Continue reading →

There are times when you desperately need something that puts you in a good mood or that inspires you in a positively optimistic way. If you're in such a frame of mind, don't look further than Sol LeWitt's "Wall Drawing … Continue reading →

You quite often laugh at the way the fashion industry endorses the same high profile bloggers using them as brand ambassadors, supporters or mere advertising boards to promote their products. But a shopping centre in Japan opted instead for a … Continue reading →

In our society based on images and continuous visual stimuli, fashion is analysed from different perspectives, yet its power to communicate strong ideas and deeper messages is often underestimated or simply forgotten in favour of brands and logos. A recently … Continue reading →

Italian designer Gabriele Colangelo is among the 12 finalists of the LVMH Prize for Fashion Designers. He joins Simone Rocha, Thomas Tait, CG by Chris Gelinas, Shayne Oliver's Hood by Air, Simon Porte Jacquemus, Miuniku by sisters Nikita and Tina … Continue reading →

My new piece of wearable jewellery continues my research that started with the "Post City" and "Let The Children Play" necklaces. Yet rather than telling just one story, "Gæa Prospering (Gæa Dying)" recounts two tales. I mainly used the French knitting technique … Continue reading →