Monthly Archives: August 2015

A whie back we looked at the designs produced by the graduates of the textile department at the Glasgow School of Art (GSA). Yet, as seen in previous posts, textiles can be employed to make intriguing works of art, so … Continue reading →

"So bad it's good" says the old adage and such a statement is definitely true when you think about the kitsch Batman live action television series from the '60s that ended up mesmerising generations of kids with its garish colours and rather … Continue reading →

There are quite a few scholars, sociologists, anthropologists, writers, but also ordinary fashion fans interested in what may be deemed as a rather superficial topic – how fashion makes people feel. This is actually a very serious theme since it … Continue reading →

The world of fashion has been shaken by the news that there is an investigation at the moment led by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), a non-ministerial government department operating under the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, into suspected … Continue reading →

In a way you could see it coming even before they announced it. After materialising in Rodarte and Preen's Autumn/Winter 2014 collections and way before that on several children and grown up garments by H&M, and more recently on T-shirts … Continue reading →

A few years ago a personal research about Giulio Coltellacci's costumes for Elio Petri's The Tenth Victim (1965) led me to a rather sad discovery – most of the suits donned by Marcello Mastroianni in the film and made by … Continue reading →

It's the height of the summer season and some lucky ones among us may be sunbathing on a beach at the moment. There is something, though, that all the others can do – ponder a bit about beachwear and think … Continue reading →

There is something mesmerising about Christian Voigt's photographs: the empty Hall of Fame of the Rijksmuseum with its blue walls and infinite ornate columns looks like a quiet place as calm as paradise; the museum's research library feels instead like … Continue reading →

On Tuesday the People's Bank of China (PBoC) devalued the yuan by 2% in a surprise move to boost the country's flagging economy. Though this was supposed to be a one-off depreciation, the PBoC stunned the world's financial markets by … Continue reading →

There are a lot of activities you may want to try during your spare time or your summer holidays including making something for yourself, like a basic dress or a skirt. But if you don't feel up to this challenge, … Continue reading →