Monthly Archives: July 2015

"Don't you find this all slightly…" "…oppressive?"  "Yes, that's the world. I mean it's fabulous, but…quite oppressive…"  I'm standing next to a complete stranger in front of a glass cabinet containing some of the designs from Alexander McQueen's final unfinished … Continue reading →

In yesterday's post we looked at a a fashion and art inspiration coming from a deep sea creature. Let's continue the marine theme by looking at a deep sea garment – the Royal Marine raiding craft Coxswain's immersion suit. This … Continue reading →

The world is vast and inspirations for creative projects and fashion collections constantly come from a wide range of sources. Yet it must said that disciplines such as science and cellular, molecular and synthetic biology are definitely proving to be … Continue reading →

It is not rare for fashion graduates to steal the scene at various graduation shows or fairs thanks to their original and clever creations. This wasn't the case at the Glasgow School of Art end of the year show where, … Continue reading →

As we all know from friends or from personal experience, Kickstarter campaigns may not always be the final solution to make a project come true. Yet there are times when people react positively and enthusiastically to a clever idea or … Continue reading →

Fashionistas may remember the Church Orsanmichele in Florence in conjunction with a rather questionable event that featured Gareth Pugh, yet there is a lot more to discover about this building. The first building erected on this site was a small … Continue reading →

In the film Elizabeth The Golden Age, Cate Blanchett's splendid gowns designed by Alexandra Byrne were based on costumes created by Balenciaga for a 1941 stage play. Balenciaga's work for theatre plays, dance performances and films is actually not so … Continue reading →

"There is nothing intrinsically dangerous in sewing clothes," Kate Ball-Young, former sourcing manager at Joe Fresh, surprisingly states when director Andrew Morgan interviews her about sweatshops in his documentary The True Cost (2015). Working in a factory making clothes for … Continue reading →

Throughout her previous collections, knitwear designer and crochet artist Laura Theiss explored parallel and futuristic universes. In her Capsule Collection designed for Loreto Di Rienzo's Dyloan Studio and developed with the Bond Factory, a company specialised in new technologies such … Continue reading →

In yesterday's post, an obituary dedicated to Elio Fiorucci, we mentioned the fact that it is quite difficult to find some original Fiorucci clothes as fans would buy them and usually wear them a lot. Among the rarest bits there … Continue reading →