Monthly Archives: February 2015

Think embroidery is an old craft or a feminine and sentimental art? A look at the pieces on display at the exhibition "Stitch Fetish 3" at Los Angeles' Hive Gallery will radically change your views. Curated by Ellen Schinderman, the third … Continue reading →

The restoration of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Tales of Hoffmann (1951) was recently completed and the film will be re-released in selected cinemas across the UK from the end of February.  This film adaptation of Jacques Offenbach's eponymous … Continue reading →

Aeons ago in a fashion galaxy far away (around September 2007 for ordinary human beings…), Marc Jacobs professed himself a fan of SpongeBob SquarePants and of its wicked colours while explaining the media where his bright palette (comprising yellow, pink, … Continue reading →

The body always takes centre stage in fashion, but in some menswear collections for the next Autumnal season it also turns into a canvas on which to express thoughts, ideas and slogans.  Rei Kawakubo's Autumn/Winter 2015-16 menswear collection for Comme … Continue reading →

There's many ways to praise the Lord, but Sister Mary Corita Kent's was definitely unusual. Kent was indeed an artist, educator and activist, but also one of the few women who led the Pop Art movement revolutionising silk screening and … Continue reading →

The milky white porcelain and gold details of the perfectly sculpted bust entitled "La Vierge de Sèvres" by Hubert Barrère, contrast with the colourful paintings and illustrations hanging on the walls of the Paris-based Galerie Magda Danysz (78 Rue Amelot).  … Continue reading →

In a recent post we mentioned Vlisco fabrics in connection with Viktor & Rolf's Spring/Summer 2015 Haute Couture collection and yesterday we focused instead on a documentary about Marga Weimans, the Dutch designer who also worked with Vlisco textiles in … Continue reading →

The "fashion and film" theme has been approached and explored from many different points of view. There are for example festivals, events and workshops dedicated to the influence of cinema in fashion, or to the inspirations fashion designers take from … Continue reading →

Flowers and floral embellishments quite often return on the Haute Couture runways as they are perfect embodiment of femininity. In the case of Viktor & Rolf's Spring/Summer 2015 collection, though, the starting point were not flowers, but a summer floral … Continue reading →