Monthly Archives: October 2014

Like all major trends, lace appears and disappears from the fashion runways, but high quality handmade lace pieces never go out of fashion. Lace-making is actually enjoying a sort of Renaissance, with younger generations interested in learning this art, though … Continue reading →

We all have in our wardrobes some clothes or accessories – either carefully preserved or simply hidden away and stashed in a forgotten corner – that we can't bear to throw out because we have attached to them a special … Continue reading →

Don't you hate it when you see in a trendy boutique a basic sweat with a print of a painting sold at 3-4 times its real value just because it's a designer piece apparently inspired by "art" (well, to put … Continue reading →

People suffering from chromophobia may find the final cure at the American Museum in Britain, in Bath, UK. The exhibition "The Colourful World of Kaffe Fassett", celebrating the renowned American textile artist, is indeed a riot of colours.  Born in … Continue reading →

The fashion industry has been courting Africa for some time now: prominent fashion editors expressed an interest in the continent (two years ago Vogue Italia's Franca Sozzani even tried to "rebrand Africa"…); conferences about key emerging markets of the future … Continue reading →

If you're in an architectural frame of mind and you're looking for a good Halloween party night, check out the Critical Halloween party. This event is put together every year by Storefront for Art and Architecture, a non profit organisation … Continue reading →

In yesterday's post we looked at the science and fashion connection. The young designer interviewed in that feature, Ali Karami, mentioned the Arts@CERN Visiting Artists scheme as an initiative that would allow him to look deeper into his research in … Continue reading →

Fashion students working on a dissertation or on their graduate collections rarely end up studying physics…unless they are enrolled at the Milan-based Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (NABA). Here Ali Karami, one of the students from the Master in Fashion … Continue reading →

Finding an angle to re-tell the story of Oscar de La Renta – the fashion designer who died on Monday night at 82 – may be a difficult task as many tributes have already been paid, but maybe it's not … Continue reading →

Let's continue the textile thread that started with yesterday's post by looking at a sound installation by Tokyo-based Japanese artist Ei Wada. "Toki Ori Ori Nasu" (Falling Records) is an impressive work of art, suspended between film and media art … Continue reading →