Monthly Archives: April 2014

In preparation for tomorrow, International Workers' Day, let's briefly look at industrial workwear from the early 20th century with this image showing shinglers at Brindley Ford. The process of working a mass of white-hot iron and slag under a steam … Continue reading →

Somewhere in a galaxy far away in January 2011, a WGSN trend forecaster told a group of fashion journalists at a seminar that "Navajo" motifs would have been very popular in the next season. She was right, they actually did, … Continue reading →

Last week more than 1,100 people (among them designers, producers, manufacturers, academics and NGOs) gathered at the Copenhagen Fashion Summit, a biennial event on sustainability in fashion (now in its third year), to discuss solutions to environmental, social and ethical … Continue reading →

Making dolls may be an art, though it's mainly a craft that can provide endless hours of fun. Yet quite often it all depends from the type of doll you're making. This video by Fritz Schumann tells a very touching … Continue reading →

Essays about the striking effects of succession and repetition in visual objects come to your mind while standing in front of Suzan Drummen's installations. The artist's works with those multi-coloured crystals, chrome-plated metal, mirrors and optical glass, instantly attract the … Continue reading →

Many creative people, including fashion and interior designers, have been using the Rijksmuseum's Rijksstudio since it became available last year. This online archive comprises thousands of works from the museum collection and offers users the chance to register, access the museum … Continue reading →

In the last few years architecture has been consistently contaminated by other arts, fields and disciplines. This contamination and evolution process has also pushed architects such as Italian-born Ludovico Lombardi to research further into design, looking for more interdisciplinary solutions.  Lombardi … Continue reading →

Disney Princesses arrived on the scene relatively recently, imposing their romantic styles on the market. But, before them, Disney had one main heroine, Minnie Mouse. In the last few years Minnie has actually been relaunched and revamped quite a bit, … Continue reading →

Passionate fans of spy films and '60s fashion will certainly remember Anthony Mann's A Dandy in Aspic (1967). The plot revolves around double agent Eberlin (Laurence Harvey) who is asked by the British secret services to kill a KGB agent … Continue reading →

Fashion fans who are stretching yesterday's celebrations until Easter Monday (today) and who are on the lookout for some fashion-related film should opt for Easter Parade (1948). Directed by Charles Walters this musical film relates the story of dancing team … Continue reading →