Monthly Archives: June 2015

As seen in a previous post, it is not rare nowadays to see an artwork and instantly think about a specific fashion collection, or viceversa. Walking around the Glasgow School of Art Graduation Show at the Reid Building (on until … Continue reading →

Guests at Franco Moschino's Spring/Summer 1990 show found on their chairs a small gold box. Many of them thought a fragrance was hidden inside it, but in each box there was actually a child's toy that, turned upside down, emitted … Continue reading →

It all started in a fashion galaxy far away (time, you see, goes very fast in the fashion universe…) when Bill Gaytten took inspiration for Dior's Autumn/Winter 2011-12 Haute Couture collection from the Memphis Milano movement. The same thread continued … Continue reading →

Rome wasn't built in a day, but the same can be said about Italian fashion. Yet what we do know very well about the latter is that a specific date – 12th February 1951 – marks the birth of "Made … Continue reading →

Among the various installations and artworks on display at the Glasgow School of Art degree show in the Tontine Building there is one by Georgia Mackie that consists in a series of strips of colours projected on two walls. The … Continue reading →

One of the pictures in yesterday's post showed a puppet from John M Blundall's collection dressed like a sailor. The puppet has a patch on one eye, a wooden leg and a violin, and you get the feeling that, if … Continue reading →

In the last two posts we looked at ballet costumes, but where can you find a library that may offer great chances to study this subject and read at the same time about other topics linked to the performing arts … Continue reading →

Yesterday's post analysed over-embellished details in contemporary ballet costumes. Now let's take a step backwards to the late '20s and look instead at futuristic costume details in a Constructivist ballet from that decade. The production in question is the ballet … Continue reading →

Let's continue the shoe thread that started with yesterday's post, taking the first image from that post – Moira Shearer's ballet slippers – as a main inspiration. Around a month ago, to celebrate its 75th anniversary, the American Ballet Theatre … Continue reading →

In the anonymous 1765 children's story The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes (attributed to Oliver Goldsmith), a poor young girl manages to make it through life with only one shoe and is finally rewarded with a complete pair by a … Continue reading →