Monthly Archives: May 2014

There are times when you need to laugh a bit in this terribly sad fashion industry. Luckily, there are always wonderfully inspiring useless people and demented pieces of news to provide us with endless hours of fun. Here's a quick … Continue reading →

The new Disney movie Maleficent with Angelina Jolie has recently relaunched the figure of the fascinating and irresistible villain (together with a pile of more or less fashionable products inspired by the film…). Jolie/Maleficent's image, the result of a carefully … Continue reading →

This Summer Somerset House in London will present an exhibition entitled "The Return of the Rudeboy" (13 June – 25 August 2014). Curated by fashion photographer and filmmaker Dean Chalkley and fashion-industry creative director Harris Elliott, the event will focus … Continue reading →

Younger photography fans will maybe connect the name Horst P. Horst (1906-1999) to one of the inspirations for Madonna's 1990s 'Vogue' video. As a tribute to him, the pop star recreated at the time the photographer's 1939 iconic image of … Continue reading →

If you were a millinery fan but didn't know anything about Madame Paulette, the elegant cover and the picture of a model in an asymmetric shell-shaped velvet cap on the second page of Hats by Madame Paulette – Paris Milliner … Continue reading →

Finding new and exciting forms to create a pleasant spatial branding experience for the consumer is a must not only for the fashion house or brand involved, but also for the architect working for them. Despite the influence of new … Continue reading →

In a previous post we explored protective workwear for shinglers from the early 1900s. Decades have passed and safety at work has been improved thanks to innovative protective equipment and specific laws and regulations. Yet, safety at work remains an … Continue reading →

As a follow up to yesterday's post mentioning Phyllis Lambert's Canadian Centre for Architecture, let's look at one print from the centre's collection. The print in question refers to Hoberman's Expanding Sphere, a mechanical structure made of curved links joined … Continue reading →

On Monday it was announced that Phyllis Lambert has been chosen to be the recipient of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 14th Venice International Architecture Exhibition, "Fundamentals". This was a rather unusual yet intriguing choice, since Lambert … Continue reading →

The Wunderkammer of "cabinet of curiosities" was a sort of chaotic jumble of objects, mainly unconnected and unrelated one to the other, some of them – such as unicorns’ horns and mermaids' skeletons – fraudulent in characters. Emblem of early … Continue reading →